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022989P.pdf   08/14/2003  Dico  v.  Amoco Oil Co.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-2989
   Southern District of Iowa   
   Civil case - Environmental law. As a potentially responsible party 
   under CERCLA, Dico's action against other potentially liable 
   parties (the Customer Group) to recoup its cleanup costs was 
   limited to an action for contribution, and the district court did 
   not err in dismissing Dico's suit for direct recovery; DICO was 
   precluded from arguing it fell within the innocent landowner 
   exception to the Act, as this court had already held that DICO 
   contributed to contamination of the Des Moines trichloroethylene site.