OIL COMPANIES STUCK WITH CLEANUP BILL, NINTH CIRCUIT RULES
United States v. Shell Oil Co.
In a reversal of fortune, the Ninth Circuit has ruled that four oil companies are liable for most of the $100 million cleanup cost of the McColl Superfund site in California. In 1999 a federal district court in the state ruled that the United States...
OIL COMPANIES STUCK WITH CLEANUP BILL, NINTH CIRCUIT RULES
United States v. Shell Oil Co.