No. 20-1142
Atlantic Richfield Company v. Asarco LLC
Tags: bankruptcy cercla contribution contribution-claim environmental-liability judicial-settlement liability response-action settlement statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a judicially approved settlement that conclusively determines a party's obligation to perform response actions "resolves its liability" for "some or all of a response action."
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a judicially approved settlement that conclusively determines a party's obligation to perform response actions 'resolves its liability' for 'some or all of a response action.
Docket Entries
2021-06-24
Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
2021-06-09
Joint motion to dismiss the petition pursuant to Rule 46.1 filed.
2021-04-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 11, 2021.
2021-04-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 12, 2021 to June 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-04-12
Response Requested. (Due May 12, 2021)
2021-03-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-24
Waiver of right of respondent Asarco LLC to respond filed.
2021-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 24, 2021)
Attorneys
Asarco LLC
Gregory L. Evans — McGuireWoods LLP, Respondent
Atlantic Richfield Company
Shannon Wells Stevenson — Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP, Petitioner