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10-21-2003

Morton Intl Inc v. AE Staley Mfg Co Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 01-4259

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Filed October 21, 2003

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 01-4259

MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.; VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION; NWI LAND MANAGEMENT CO.; FRUIT OF THE LOOM, INCORPORATED, v. A.E. STALEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY; AIRCO INDUSTRIAL GASES, a/k/a AIR REDUCTION COMPANY, INC., f/k/a AIRCO, INC.; ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION; ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA (ALCOA); AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY; ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.; ARSYNCO, INC.; BAILEY CONTROLS CO., f/k/a BAILEY METER COMPANY; BECTON-DICKINSON & CO., INC.; BELFORT INSTRUMENT CO.; BELMONT METALS, INC., f/k/a BELMONT SMELTING & REFINING WORKS, INC.; CANADIAN GYPSUM COMPANY, LTD.; CANRAD, INC., (c/o Canrad Precision Industries, Inc.); CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION; COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; CONOPCO, INC., (Cheeseborough Ponds U.S.A. Co. Division); COSAN CHEMICAL CORP.; CROUSE HINDS SEPCO CORPORATION, f/k/a CONNECTICUT INTERNATIONAL; CROWN ZELLERBACH CORP., a/k/a JAMES RIVER CORPORATION OF NEVADA; CURTISS-WRIGHT; D.F. GOLDSMITH CHEMICAL & METAL CORPORATION; DAY & BALDWIN, f/k/a C-P PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; DIAMOND SHAMROCK CHEMICALS COMPANY, a/k/a OCCIDENTAL ELECTROCHEMICALS CORPORATION; DOW-CORNING CORPORATION; DURA ELECTRIC LAMP CO., INC.; DURACELL, INC., (as successor to Mallory Battery Co., Inc.); E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO.; 2

EASTERN SMELTING & REFINING CORP.; EAGLEHARD MINERALS AND CHEMICALS CORPORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; EXXON CORPORATION; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; GARFIELD BARING CORPORATION, f/k/a GARFIELD SMELTING & REFINING CO.; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GENERAL COLOR CO., INC.; GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION; GILMARTIN INSTRUMENT CO.; HARTFORD ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.; HENKEL CORPORATION; HOFFMAN-LAROUCHE, INC.; HUDSAR, INCORPORATED; INMAR ASSOCIATES, INC.; INMAR REALTY, INC.; INTERNATIONAL NICKEL, INC.; J.M. NEY COMPANY; K.E.M. CHEMICAL COMPANY; KOPPERS, a/k/a BEAZER EAST, INC.; MAGNESIUM ELEKTRON, INC.; MARVIN H. MAHAN; MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL, INC.; MARISOL, INC.; MERCK & CO., INC.; MERCURY ENTERPRISE, INC., f/k/a MERCURY INSTRUMENT SERVICE; MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY; MOBIL OIL CORPORATION; MT. UNION COLLEGE; M.W. KELLOGG CO.; NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY, (Goldsmith Brothers Division); NEPERA, INC.; NEW ENGLAND LAMINATES CO., INC.; NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, f/k/a NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY; NORTHEAST CHEMICAL CO., (Northeast Chemical & Industrial Supply Co., Inc.); OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, (as successor to Diamond Shamrock Chemical Co., formerly Diamond Shamrock Corporation); OLIN CORPORATION, f/k/a OLIN MATHIESON CHEMICAL CORPORATION; PEASE & CURREN, INC.; PFIZER, INC.; PSG INDUSTRIES, INC., f/k/a PHILADELPHIA SCIENTIFIC GLASS, INC.; PHILLIPS & JACOBS, INC.; PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS, (PSE&G); PURE LAB OF AMERICA; RANDOLPH PRODUCTS COMPANY; RAY-O-VAC DIVISION OF ESB, INC., (ESB, INC.); REDLAND MINERALS LIMITED; RHONE-POULENC, INC., f/k/a ALCOLAC CHEMICAL COMPANY/GUARD CHEMICAL COMPANY; ROYCE ASSOCIATES, f/k/a ROYCE CHEMICAL; RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY; SCIENTIFIC CHEMICAL PROCESSING, INC.; SCIENTIFIC CHEMICAL TREATMENT CO., INC.; SCIENTIFIC, INC.; SEAFORTH MINERAL & ORE CO.; SPARROW REALTY, INC.; STATE UNIVERSITY 3

OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO, (S.U.N.Y.A.B.); SYLVANIA/GTE; TENNECO, INC.; TRANSTECH INDUSTRIES, INC.; UEHLING INSTRUMENT CO., INC.; UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION; UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS CO.; UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; VAR-LAC-OID CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.; W.A. BAUM CO., INC.; WAGNER ELECTRIC COMPANY; WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY; WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION; JOHN DOE 1-100; GEROLD C. THOMPSON, ESQ.; GEORGE VAN CLEVE, ESQ.; THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, f/k/a HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY; GTE OPERATIONS SUPPORT INCORPORATED; ALLIEDSIGNAL, INC.; BEAZER EAST, INC.; JERSEY CITY MANAGEMENT, INC.; MICHAEL RODBURG, Site Defendants Liasion Counsel; ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO., a Division of Ashland Oil, Inc.; BASF CORPORATION, and as successor to Wyandotte Chemical Corp., a/k/a INMONT CORPORATION; FMC CORPORATION Morton International, Inc., Appellant

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey District Court Judge: Honorable Katherine S. Hayden (D.C. No. 96-cv-03609)

Argued on July 21, 2003 Before: FUENTES, SMITH, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

(Opinion filed September 16, 2003)

ORDER AMENDING OPINION

The opinion in the above case is hereby amended as follows: 4

1. On page 4, list additional counsel for Appellant as follows: Gerald P. Norton, Esquire Norton, Harkins Cunningham Suite 600 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2615 /s/ Julio M. Fuentes Circuit Judge Dated: 21 October 2003

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