1996 Decisions

Opinions of the United

States Court of Appeals

for the Third Circuit

10-2-1996

United States v. CDMG Realty Co

Precedential or Non-Precedential:

Docket 95-5505

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 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

 FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT 

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 NO. 95-5505 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

 v. 

CDMG REALTY CO., a limited partnership; HELEN E. RINGLIEB, 

individually, and as general partner in CDMG REALTY CO.; 

HMAT ASSOCIATES, INC.; TOWNSHIP OF PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS; 

ALLIED-SIGNAL, INC; BEAZER MATERIALS & SERVICES, INC.; 

CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION; HOECHST CELANESE CORP.; OCCIDENTAL 

CHEMICAL CORP.; PFIZER, INC.; CARL GULICK, INC.; BECTON 

DICKINSON, INC.; WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY; AMERICAN TELEPHONE 

AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY; BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES OF NORTH 

JERSEY, INC.; INDUSTRIAL CIRCUITS COMPANY; AUTOMATIC SWITCH 

COMPANY; ROWE INTERNATIONAL INC. HOSOKAWA MICRON INTERNATIONAL 

INC.; SCOVILL INC.; K-H CORPORATION ON BEHALF OF MAGOR CAR; 

LESLIE CONTROLS COMPANY, INC.; NESOR ALLOY CORPORATION; SANDOZ 

PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION; KIDDE INDUSTRIES, INC. (named 

in the complaint as Hanson Industries); RAYONIER INC., 

(formerly ITT Rayonier, Inc.); WAGNER ELECTRIC CORPORATION 

(named in the Complaint as Cooper Industries, Inc.); THE 

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY; KDI/TRIANGLE ELECTRONCIS, INC.; 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; JOHN DUSENBURY 

COMPANY; SAFETY LIGHT CORPORATION, (named in the complaint as USR 

Industries, Inc.); THE BOC GROUP, INC.; L.E. CARPENTER & CO.; 

THE MENNEN COMPANY; METEM CORPORATION; NSK CORPORATION; CERAMIC 

MAGNETICS, INC.; AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC.; ROCKLAND 

CORPORATION; SIKA CORPORATION; CARBONE USA CORPORATION; 

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION; NEW JERSEY BUS OPERATIONS, INC. 

 v. 

THE SHARKEY LANDFILL AGREEMENT GROUP, an organization of 

Defendants in Civil Action Number 89-4246 (NHP), for 

themselves and on behalf of other Settling Defendants whose 

contribution claims they may assert pursuant to an 

assignment of rights and HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION, one of 

its members; BEAZER MATERIALS & SERVICES, INC.; OCCIDENTAL 

CHEMICAL 

CORPORATION; HMAT ASSOCIATES, INC., 

 Third-Party Plaintiffs 

 v. 

ADRON, INC.; AMERACE CORPORATION and SEQUA CORPORATION; 

AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS, INC.; BASIC, INC.; THE BOC GROUP, INC.; 

CARBONE U.S.A. CORP.; CERAMIC MAGNETICS, INC.; COLLOID CHEMICAL, 

INC.; COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC.; HANSON INDUSTRIES; INTERNATIONAL 
ENGRAVING CORP.; INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY; ITT RAYONIER, INC.; 

JOHN DUSENBERY COMPANY, INC.; KDI/TRIANGLE ELECTRONICS INC.; 

L.E. CARPENTER & CO.; LITTON SYSTEMS, INC.; 

THE MENNEN COMPANY; METEM CORPORATION; 

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION; NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BUS COMPANY, 

INC.; NSK CORPORATION; OLD DEERFIELD FABRICS, INC.;

PANTASOTE INC.; PQ CORPORATION; PRECISION MANUFACTURING CO., INC; 

ROCKLAND CORPORATION: SANDOZ PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION; THE 

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY; SIKA CORPORATION; USR INDUSTRIES, INC. 

and TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD; TOWN OF BOONTON; TOWNSHIP OF BOONTON; 

BOROUGH OF BUTLER; TOWNSHIP OF THE BOROUGH OF CALDWELL; 

TOWNSHIP OF CHATHAM; CITY OF CLIFTON; TOWNSHIP OF DENVILLE; 

TOWN OF DOVER; TOWNSHIP OF EAST HANOVER; COUNTY OF ESSEX; 

TOWNSHIP OF FAIRFIELD; TOWNSHIP OF GLEN RIDGE BOROUGH; 

BOROUGH OF HALEDON; TOWNSHIP OF HANOVER; CITY OF JERSEY CITY; 

BOROUGH OF KINNELON; BOROUGH OF LINCOLN PARK; 

TOWNSHIP OF LITTLE FALLS; TOWNSHIP OF LIVINGSTON; TOWNSHIP 

OF MILLBURN; TOWNSHIP OF MINE HILL; TOWNSHIP OF MONTCLAIR; 

TOWNSHIP OF MONTVILLE; TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS; TOWN OF MORRISTOWN; 

BOROUGH OF MOUNTAIN LAKES; TOWNSHIP OF PEQUAMNOCK; BOROUGH OF 

POMPTON LAKES; BOROUGH OF PROSPECT PARK; TOWNSHIP OF RANDOLPH; 

BOROUGH OF RIVERDALE; TOWNSHIP OF ROCKAWAY; CITY OF SUMMIT; 

BOROUGH OF TOTOWA; BOROUGH OF VICTORY GARDENS; TOWNSHIP OF WEST 

CALDWELL; TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE; BOROUGH OF WHARTON; VINCENT 

APICE AND SON; FRANK M. BACE DISPOSAL, INC.; CALDWELL TRUCKING 

CO., INC.; CARNER BROS., INC; CENTRAL WASTE AND MILL SERVICE, 

INC.; CHATHAM DISPOSAL COMPANY; CHEM-QUID DISPOSAL, INC.; 

CARMEL CHIULLO; JOHN COSTA; JOSEPH DEFRIETAS; DELL & SONS; 

DENVILLE DISPOSAL CO., INC.; DIMARCO SANITATION; SAM FIORENZO; 

FRANK'S SANITATION SERVICE; GARBCO ASSOCIATES, INC.; B. HORSTMANN 

SEPTIC TANK SERVICE; DANIEL JACKSON; J.M.S. SANITATION CO.; 

R. LOBOSCO AND SONS, INC.; MARANGI SANITATION, INC.; 

FRANK J. MARINARO; MERCER WASTE REMOVAL CO.; 

ANTHONY MIELE; MORRIS COUNTY; WEST ESSEX DISPOSAL CO., INC.; 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; 

HELEN ELAINE RINGLIEB and TOWNSHIP OF ESSEX FELLS; 

HARDING TOWNSHIP; MADISON BOROUGH; 

BOROUGH OF NEW PROVIDENCE; ROSELAND BOROUGH; UNION COUNTY; 

WAYNE TOWNSHIP; DOWEL ASSOCIATES, a general partnership; 

HERBERT M. IRIS, individually and as a general partner in DOWEL 

ASSOCIATES; LESTE Z. LIEBERMAN, individually and as general 

partner in DOWEL ASSOCIATES, 

 Third-Party Defendants 

(Newark N.J. D.C. Civil No. 89-cv-04246) 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

 v. 

CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION, INC.; CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION; 

HOECHST-CELANESE CORPORATION; KETCHAM AND MC DOUGALL, INC.; 
PFIZER, INC.; OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION; KOPPERS 

COMPANY, INC.; SHARKEY FARMS, INC.; NICHOLAS ENTERPRISES, 

INC.; PARKER CHEMICAL COMPANY; CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. 

(NEWARK N.J. D.C. Civil No. 89-cv-04281) 

 HMAT Associates, Inc., Appellant 

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 On Appeal From the United States District Court 

 For the District of New Jersey 

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 Argued: March 18, 1996 

Before: BECKER, McKEE, and McKAY, 

 Circuit Judges. 

 (OPINION FILED: SEPTEMBER 27, 1996) 

JAMES J. PERICONI, ESQUIRE (ARGUED) 

Periconi & Rothberg, P.C. 

230 Park Avenue, Suite 615 

New York, NY 19169 

Attorneys for Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellant 

DAVID B. FARER, ESQUIRE (ARGUED) 

JOHN P. QUIRKE, ESQUIRE 

Farer Siegal Fersko 

A Professional Association 

600 South Avenue 

P.O. Box 580 

Westfield, NJ 07091 

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendants/Appellees 

 _________________________ 

 ORDER AMENDING OPINION 

 _________________________ 

 The opinion in the above case should be amended as 

follows: 

 The name of R. Bruce Morrison, Esquire listed as 

Counsel for Third-Party Defendants/Appellees should be deleted. 

 BY THE COURT: 

 /s/ Edward R. Becker 

 Circuit Judge 

DATED: October 2, l996