Morton International, Inc. v. A.e. Staley Manufacturing Company

PRECEDENTIAL
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.;

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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
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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:
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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
A True Copy:
Teste:
Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit
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