9th Circuit Panel Majority Upholds Equal Allocation Of Future PCE Cleanup Costs

Mealey's (June 5, 2020, 10:16 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A 2-1 Ninth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on June 3 affirmed a federal judge in California’s decision to equally allocate future costs for cleanup of perchloroethylene (PCE) contamination between a city and a company that formerly operated a dry cleaning business, holding that the judge did not abuse his discretion when using two alternative methodologies as part of his calculation (Mission Linen Co. v. Visalia, No. 19-15392, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 17441)....