Opinion ID: 3000061
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Text: For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is affirmed. AFFIRMED 18 In reaching this holding, we find it unnecessary to decide whether Metropolitan Water falls within the “innocent landowner” exception recognized by some of our pre-Cooper Industries decisions. See, e.g., Rumpke, 107 F.3d at 1240. Rumpke was decided in a statutory regime in which landowners who undertook voluntary cleanup efforts had the option of recovering costs via an action for contribution under § 113(f). Given that Cooper Industries has foreclosed that option, we find the “innocent landowner” exception of little value in deciding the present dispute. 28 No. 05-3299 A true Copy: Teste: _____________________________ Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit USCA-02-C-0072—1-17-07