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Environmental

Nov. 5, 2002

Circuit Revives Tosco Litigation

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate court's ruling that companies cannot escape liability for water pollution by selling the facility that allegedly produced the contamination may breathe new life into litigation brought by environmental groups.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate court's ruling that companies cannot escape liability for water pollution by selling the facility that allegedly produced the contamination may breathe new life into litigation brought by environmental groups.
        "This...

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