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A group of private landowners ended of 2017 with a Montana Supreme Court ruling, in Atlantic Richfield Company v. Montana Second Judicial District Court, that they could proceed with their state law claims for restoration damages against the owner of a site contaminated by a former copper smelter. No. 16-0555, 2017 WL 6629410 (Mont. December 29, 2017). In a split decision, the Court found that the landowners’ claims for restoration damages were not preempted by the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) because the claims did not constitute a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s established cleanup plan for the Site. Read More »
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Topics: CERCLA, Cleanup, Contamination, Damages, Montana, Preemption, Private Right of Action, Real Estate, Remediation, Residential, Superfund, Trespass
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana, No. 10-218 (Feb. 22, 2012), which reads more like a wonderous travelogue than a judicial opinion. The decision can’t help but inspire one to put on a pair of hiking boots and set out for Montana. At least, the Montana explored by Lewis and Clark and that joined the United States in 1889. Read More »
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Topics: Decisions of Note, Equal-Footing Doctrine, Leases, Montana, Navigability, Public Lands, Real Estate, Riverbed, Supreme Court
This week, the Supreme Court of the State of Montana took a look at statute of limitations issues in the context of state law claims for trespass and nuisance in contamination cases in the case of Burley v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 2012 MT 28 (Feb. 7, 2012). The issue, which was certified to the Court from the United States District Court for the District of Montana was the following: Read More »
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Topics: Cleanup, Montana, Nuisance, Real Estate, Statute of Limitations, Toxic Torts, Trespass
