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024024P.pdf   02/04/2004  Highland Industrial  v.  BEI Defense Systems
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-4024
                          and No:  03-1276
   Western District of Arkansas   
   Civil case -Environmental law. Plaintiff knew of ground contamination 
   at the site more than three years before it filed this suit, and its 
   tort claims were barred under the Arkansas Statute of Limitations 
   governing tort actions; claim under the Arkansas Hazardous Waste 
   Management Act was also time-barred; claims concerning breach of lease 
   were barred by Arkansas's five-year Statute of Limitations governing 
   contract claims; claim concerning breach of future covenant should be 
   remanded for further proceedings; claim that defendant breached lease 
   provision requiring it to hold plaintiff harmless was not ripe; damages 
   award set aside and remanded for consideration in light of the court's 
   opinion; attorneys' fees award vacated. [PUBLISHED] (M. Arnold, Author]