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993679P.pdf 08/03/2000 USA v. Findett Corporation
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 99-3679
Eastern District of Missouri
Civil case - Environmental law. Government's 1990 suit, which
resulted in a consent decree under which defendant agreed to
implement a remediation plan was an initial action for
CERCLA purposes and made this suit to recover response costs
a subsequent action; as a result, it was timely and was not barred
by the applicable statute of limitations provisions; district court
did not err in granting summary judgment for the government for
$3.2 million in response costs.