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UNITED STATES v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP.

No. CIV-79-990C.

606 F.Supp. 1470 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America; The State of New York, and UDC-Love Canal, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION; Occidental Chemical Holding Corporation; Occidental Petroleum Investment Company; Occidental Petroleum Corporation; the City of Niagara Falls, New York; Niagara County Health Department; and the Board of Education of the City of Niagara Falls, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

April 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Land and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C. (Albert M. Cohen, Washington, D.C., of counsel), and Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., New York City (Edith Holleman, Asst. N.Y. State Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C. (Thomas H. Truitt, Washington, D.C., of counsel), and Phillips, Lytle, Blaine, Hitchcock & Huber, Buffalo, N.Y. (David K. Floyd, and Robert E. Glanville, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants Occidental.

Gellman, Brydges, Schroff & Schweitzer, Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Earl W. Brydges, Niagara Falls, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant City of Niagara Falls.

CURTIN, Chief Judge.

Order # 1

I.

This is a dispute which has arisen during the process of taking non-party depositions of former employees of defendant Occidental Chemical Corporation [Occidental]. These depositions relate to activities which took place several years ago and which may be highly relevant to a major environmental lawsuit brought by the federal and state governments against Occidental.

Counsel for Occidental have already...

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