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UNITED STATES v. BESTFOODS

Counsel

Assistant Attorney General Schiffer argued the cause for
the United States. With her on the briefs were Solicitor
General Waxman, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Jef-
frey P. Minear, Martin W. Matzen, Michael J. McNulty, and
Evelyn S. Ying. Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General of Mich-
igan, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Kathleen L.
Cavanaugh and Robert P. Reichel, Assistant Attorneys Gen-
eral, ﬁled a brief for the Michigan Department of Environ-
mental Quality, respondent under this Court’s Rule 12.6, urg-
ing reversal.

Kenneth S. Geller argued the cause for respondents.
With him on the briefs for respondent Bestfoods were
Donald M. Falk and J. Michael Smith. John D. Tully, John
V. Byl, and Robert J. Jonker ﬁled briefs for respondents
Aerojet-General Corp. et al.*

*A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was ﬁled for the State of Min-
nesota et al. by Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota,
and Jocelyn F. Olson, Paschal O. Nwokocha, and Alan C. Williams, As-
sistant Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respec-
tive States as follows: Bruce M. Botelho of Alaska, Grant Woods of Ari-
zona, Winston Bryant of Arkansas, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut,
Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Margery
S. Bronster of Hawaii, Alan G. Lance of Idaho, James E. Ryan of Illinois,
Drew Ketterer of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Scott Harsh-
barger of Massachusetts, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Frankie Sue Del
Papa of Nevada, Peter Verniero of New Jersey, Tom Udall of New Mexico,
Dennis C. Vacco of New York, Michael F. Easley of North Carolina, Hardy
Myers of Oregon, Jeffrey B. Pine of Rhode Island, John Knox Walkup of
Tennessee, Dan Morales of Texas, Jan Graham of Utah, William H. Sor-
rell of Vermont, Christine O. Gregoire of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw
of West Virginia, James E. Doyle of Wisconsin, and William U. Hill of
Wyoming.

Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the Atlantic
Legal Foundation by Martin S. Kaufman and Douglas Foster; for the
American Forest & Paper Association et al. by Donald B. Mitchell, Jr.,
and John C. Chambers; for Atlantic Richﬁeld Co. et al. by Michael J. Gal-
lagher, Andrew M. Low, and Karl M. Tilleman; for the National Associa-
tion of Manufacturers et al. by Bruce J. Ennis, Jr., Paul M. Smith, Ann
M. Kappler, Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, Robin S. Conrad, and