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Opinions of the United
2003 Decisions                                                                                                             States Court of Appeals
                                                                                                                              for the Third Circuit

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Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential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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"Morton Intl Inc v. AE Staley Mfg Co" (2003). 2003 Decisions. Paper 196.
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                           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