Cedar & Wash. Assocs. v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J. (In re September 11 Litig.)

摘要

Owner of contaminated site could not bring claims under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act against demolished building owners, lessees, business operators, and airlines, because: (1) CERCLA provides defense for acts of war that are sole cause of contamination, (2) specific attacks that demolished buildings that caused contamination were acts of war under CERCLA, and (3) attacks overwhelmed all other causes of contamination and release was unquestionably caused by attacks.