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This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Mined Land: Expanding Governmental Ownership Liability Under Cercla, Kiersten E. Holms Jun 2019

This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Mined Land: Expanding Governmental Ownership Liability Under Cercla, Kiersten E. Holms

Washington and Lee Law Review

Part II of this Note begins by providing a brief overview of the background and goals of CERCLA. Part II also provides an examination of the issue of ownership liability under CERCLA and recounts the federal courts’ difficulty in applying ownership liability. Part II then describes how the federal government’s “bare legal title” argument arose out of the confusion surrounding ownership liability in CERCLA litigation. Part III moves on to examine the recent trend in CERCLA litigation rejecting the federal government’s bare legal title argument, thus holding the federal government liable as an owner based on its possession of legal …


Limitation Of Actions For Failure Of Subjacent Support Mar 1963

Limitation Of Actions For Failure Of Subjacent Support

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mining Claims: The Nemesis Of Federal Land Management, Raymond W. Haman Mar 1956

Mining Claims: The Nemesis Of Federal Land Management, Raymond W. Haman

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.