Burlington Northern Analysis

Akin Gump has done an analysis of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, et al. v. United States; Shell Oil Company v. United States (07-1601; 07-1607), on the scope of liability facing private parties under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The analysis by Paul Gutermann, David Quigley, and Charles Franklin is available here.