Solicitor General Tells High Court No Action Needed In CERCLA Suit

Mealey's (May 9, 2019, 11:16 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. solicitor general told the U.S. Supreme Court in an amicus curiae brief filed April 30 that it need not decide whether the Montana Supreme Court erred when finding that a lawsuit brought by owners of land at a site contaminated by former copper smelting activities can seek additional remedial activities from Atlantic Richfield Co., explaining that review is premature because of jurisdictional issues (Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Gregory A. Christian, et al., No. 17-1498, U.S. Sup.)....