United States v. Bestfoods, 524 U.S. 51, 4 (1998)

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UNITED STATES v. BESTFOODS

Counsel

Assistant Attorney General Schiffer argued the cause for the United States. With her on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Jeffrey P. Minear, Martin W. Matzen, Michael J. McNulty, and Evelyn S. Ying. Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General of Michigan, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Kathleen L. Cavanaugh and Robert P. Reichel, Assistant Attorneys General, filed a brief for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, respondent under this Court's Rule 12.6, urging reversal.

Kenneth S. Geller argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs for respondent Bestfoods were Donald M. Falk and J. Michael Smith. John D. Tully, John V. Byl, and Robert J. Jonker filed briefs for respondents Aerojet-General Corp. et al.*

*A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the State of Minnesota et al. by Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota, and Jocelyn F. Olson, Paschal O. Nwokocha, and Alan C. Williams, Assistant Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Bruce M. Botelho of Alaska, Grant Woods of Arizona, Winston Bryant of Arkansas, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Margery S. Bronster of Hawaii, Alan G. Lance of Idaho, James E. Ryan of Illinois, Drew Ketterer of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Scott Harsh-barger of Massachusetts, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Peter Verniero of New Jersey, Tom Udall of New Mexico, Dennis C. Vacco of New York, Michael F. Easley of North Carolina, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Jeffrey B. Pine of Rhode Island, John Knox Walkup of Tennessee, Dan Morales of Texas, Jan Graham of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Christine O. Gregoire of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw of West Virginia, James E. Doyle of Wisconsin, and William U. Hill of Wyoming.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Atlantic Legal Foundation by Martin S. Kaufman and Douglas Foster; for the American Forest & Paper Association et al. by Donald B. Mitchell, Jr., and John C. Chambers; for Atlantic Richfield Co. et al. by Michael J. Gallagher, Andrew M. Low, and Karl M. Tilleman; for the National Association of Manufacturers et al. by Bruce J. Ennis, Jr., Paul M. Smith, Ann M. Kappler, Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, Robin S. Conrad, and

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