Environmental

Canizaro v. Amoco Oil Company, No. 88-3916 (E.D. La.) (Feldman, J.) (multimillion dollar settlement for developer who purchased a former refinery site)

Walls v. Waste Resources Corp., 761 F.2d 311, 22 ERC 1785, 15 Envt'l L. Rep. 20,438 (6th Cir. 1985) (First appeals court recognizing a private and non-governmental CERCLA cause of action for compensation); Discussed in Note, Successor Landowner Suits For Recovery of Hazardous Waste Cleanup Costs: CERCLA Section 107(a)(4), 33 U.C.L.A. L.Rev. 1737, 1748 & n.72 (1986) ("No other reported case has interpreted section 107 this broadly.")

Walls v. Waste Resources Corp., 823 F.2d 977, 26 ERC 1311, 56 U.S.L.W. 2114, 17 ELR 20954, 2 TXLR (BNA) 247 (6th Cir. 1987) (no 60 day notice prerequisite to private CERCLA action)

Wehner v. Syntex Agribusiness, 622 F. Supp. 302, 22 E.R.C. 1373, 14 Envtl. L.Rep. 20265, No. 83-0642-C(2), 15 ELR 20210 (E.D. Mo. December 26, 1984) (First case recognizing a private and non-governmental CERCLA cause of action for compensation); 616 F. Supp. 27 (E.D. Mo. April 1, 1985) (interpreting section 107 of CERCLA to impose, as a matter of federal law, joint and several liability for indivisible injuries with a correlative right of contribution)

In re Three Mile Island Litigation, No. 79-0710 (M.D. Pa.) (February 12, 1985) (First recognition of right to sue for punitive damages under Price- Anderson Act)

Adams v. Republic Steel Corp., 621 F. Supp. 370 (W.D. Tenn. 1985) (early recognition of CERCLA private cause of action)

Samples v. Conoco, Inc., et al., No. 2001-CA-000631 Div. "J" (Escambia County First Judicial Circuit Court, Florida).

Zancorp Properties, et al., v. Browning Ferris Industries, et al., No. 466933 (19th J.D.C. LA)

Guste v. Shell Oil Co., No. 95-0601-D (E.D. LA)

Petrovic v. Amoco Oil Co., 200 F.3d 1140 (8th Cir. 1999)