Atlantic Richfield Asks High Court To Review Ruling Finding CERCLA Suit Timely

(February 26, 2021, 2:16 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Atlantic Richfield Co. asked the U.S. Supreme Court in a Feb. 11 petition for a writ of certiorari to review a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a 2012 suit brought by ASARCO LLC for contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act was timely, arguing that the claim should have been time-barred because ASARCO resolved its liability with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a 1998 settlement....