California Supreme Court August 29, 2005, S113295 (Powerine Oil Co., Inc. v. Superior Court)

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

Introduction

Powerine Oil Company (Powerine), a now defunct oil refinery, faces liability for certain govemmentally imposed cleanup and abatement orders requiring it to remediate soil and groundwater pollution resulting from its past refinery operations at various locations. In

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