September 12, 2012
A federal judge on Tuesday shot down NCR Corp.'s attempt to force Appleton Papers Inc. to immediately cough up more than $15 million to help clean up a Wisconsin Superfund site, saying it's unclear how much Appleton actually owes.
August 31, 2012
A federal judge on Thursday rejected several industrial defendants' attempt to avoid a lawsuit filed by the U.S. government and the state of Wisconsin over $1 billion in cleanup costs at the Lower Fox River Superfund site.
April 30, 2012
NCR Corp. was ordered Friday to carry out environmental remediation work at the Lower Fox River Superfund site in Wisconsin, where the total polychlorinated biphenyl cleanup will cost roughly $1 billion.
April 10, 2012
A Wisconsin federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Appleton Papers Inc. from a federal government suit over $700 million in environmental damage at the Lower Fox River Superfund site, finding Appleton had no direct liability under a purchase agreement with the previous owner.
March 14, 2012
Claiming the federal government has repeatedly ignored environmental laws, regulations and rules of procedure, Appleton Papers Inc. asked the government Wednesday to accelerate its Wisconsin federal lawsuit over $700 million in environmental damages at the Lower Fox River, the country's biggest Superfund site.
December 20, 2011
A Wisconsin federal judge on Monday ruled that Appleton Papers Inc. may be held liable for some of the $700 million in environmental damages at Fox River, the country's biggest Superfund site, because API explicitly agreed to assume such liability when buying the company in 1978.
July 29, 2011
A Wisconsin federal judge on Thursday rejected the U.S. government's attempt to rope Appleton Papers Inc. into cleanup of the country's biggest Superfund site, ruling he lacked authority to do so because the company likely couldn't be held liable.
July 06, 2011
A Wisconsin federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by the U.S. and Wisconsin to drop or transfer a slew of cross-claims and counterclaims from litigation over how to pay for remediation of the nation's largest Superfund site.