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Cassiar Mining Corporation, and National Gypsum Company Acoustics, Incorporated Amchem Products, Incorporated American Asbestos Products, Incorporated American Energy Products, Incorporated Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated Asbestospray Corporation Eagle Picher Industries Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated Foster Wheeler Corporation Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Garlock, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grefco, Incorporated H & a Construction Corporation Hamilton Materials, Incorporated H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated Huxley Development Corporation Ipa Systems, Incorporated J.W. Roberts, Ltd. John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated Asten Group, Incorporated Atlas Turner, Inc. Carey Canada, Inc. The Celotex Corporation Certainteed Corporation Charter Consolidated Investments Charter Industries Chemrock Corporation Combustion Engineering, Incorporated Kaiser Refractories Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated Nicolet, Inc. Quigley Company, Inc. Raymark Industries, Incorporated Ryder Industries, Incorporated Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated Sprayed Insulation Corporation Sprayon Research Corporation Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated Standard Insulations, Incorporated Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company Vermont Asbestos Group Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated Asbestos Product Manufacturing Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware Corporation C.E. Thurston & Sons Charter Consolidated, Ltd. Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Cape Industries, Ltd. Taf International, Ltd. Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Charter Consolidated Services California Products International, Incorporated Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Central Wesleyan College v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated, and W.R. Grace & Co. United States Gypsum Company Ac & S, Incorporated A.P. Green Refractories Company Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated Fibreboard Corporation Flintkote Company Gaf Corporation General Refractories Company Grant Wilson, Inc. Babcock & Wilcox Co. Basic, Incorporated California Products Corporation Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated Dana Corporation Dodson Manufacturing Company Keene Corporation Lac D'AmAinte Du Quebec, Ltee Ohio Lime Company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Incorporated Pfizer, Incorporated Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Uniroyal Incorporated United States Mineral Products Company Vimasco Corporation Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Turner & Newall, Ltd. Cassiar Mining Corporation National Gypsum Company Acoustics, Incorporated Amchem Products, Incorporated American Asbestos Products, Incorporated American Energy Products, Incorporated Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated Asbestospray Corporation Eagle Picher Industries Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated Foster Wheeler Corporation Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Garlock, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grefco, Incorporated H & a Construction Corporation Hamilton Materials, Incorporated H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated Huxley Development Corporation Ipa Systems, Incorporated J.W. Roberts, Ltd. John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated Asten Group, Incorporated Atlas Turner, Inc. Carey Canada, Inc. The Celotex Corporation Certainteed Corporation Charter Consolidated Investments Charter Industries Chemrock Corporation Combustion Engineering, Incorporated Kaiser Refractories Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated Nicolet, Inc. Quigley Company, Inc. Raymark Industries, Incorporated Ryder Industries, Incorporated Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated Sprayed Insulation Corporation Sprayon Research Corporation Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated Standard Insulations, Incorporated Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company Vermont Asbestos Group Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated Asbestos Product Manufacturing Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware Corporation C.E. Thurston & Sons Charter Consolidated, Ltd. Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Cape Industries, Ltd. Taf International, Ltd. Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Charter Consolidated Services California Products International, Incorporated Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.
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No. 654208
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Central Wesleyan College v. W.R. Grace & Co. United States Gypsum Company Ac & S, Incorporated A.P. Green Refractories Company Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated Fibreboard Corporation Flintkote Company Gaf Corporation General Refractories Company Grant Wilson Inc. Babcock & Wilcox Co. Basic, Incorporated California Products Corporation Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated Dana Corporation Dodson Manufacturing Company Keene Corporation Lac D'AmAinte Du Quebec, Ltee Ohio Lime Company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Incorporated Pfizer, Incorporated Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Uniroyal Incorporated United States Mineral Products Company Vimasco Corporation Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Turner & Newall, Ltd. Cassiar Mining Corporation, and National Gypsum Company Acoustics, Incorporated Amchem Products, Incorporated American Asbestos Products, Incorporated American Energy Products, Incorporated Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated Asbestospray Corporation Eagle Picher Industries Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated Foster Wheeler Corporation Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Garlock, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grefco, Incorporated H & a Construction Corporation Hamilton Materials, Incorporated H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated Huxley Development Corporation Ipa Systems, Incorporated J.W. Roberts, Ltd. John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated Asten Group, Incorporated Atlas Turner, Inc. Carey Canada, Inc. The Celotex Corporation Certainteed Corporation Charter Consolidated Investments Charter Industries Chemrock Corporation Combustion Engineering, Incorporated Kaiser Refractories Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated Nicolet, Inc. Quigley Company, Inc. Raymark Industries, Incorporated Ryder Industries, Incorporated Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated Sprayed Insulation Corporation Sprayon Research Corporation Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated Standard Insulations, Incorporated Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company Vermont Asbestos Group Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated Asbestos Product Manufacturing Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware Corporation C.E. Thurston & Sons Charter Consolidated, Ltd. Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Cape Industries, Ltd. Taf International, Ltd. Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Charter Consolidated Services California Products International, Incorporated Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Central Wesleyan College v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated, and W.R. Grace & Co. United States Gypsum Company Ac & S, Incorporated A.P. Green Refractories Company Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated Fibreboard Corporation Flintkote Company Gaf Corporation General Refractories Company Grant Wilson, Inc. Babcock & Wilcox Co. Basic, Incorporated California Products Corporation Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated Dana Corporation Dodson Manufacturing Company Keene Corporation Lac D'AmAinte Du Quebec, Ltee Ohio Lime Company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Incorporated Pfizer, Incorporated Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Uniroyal Incorporated United States Mineral Products Company Vimasco Corporation Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Turner & Newall, Ltd. Cassiar Mining Corporation National Gypsum Company Acoustics, Incorporated Amchem Products, Incorporated American Asbestos Products, Incorporated American Energy Products, Incorporated Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated Asbestospray Corporation Eagle Picher Industries Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated Foster Wheeler Corporation Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Garlock, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grefco, Incorporated H & a Construction Corporation Hamilton Materials, Incorporated H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated Huxley Development Corporation Ipa Systems, Incorporated J.W. Roberts, Ltd. John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated Asten Group, Incorporated Atlas Turner, Inc. Carey Canada, Inc. The Celotex Corporation Certainteed Corporation Charter Consolidated Investments Charter Industries Chemrock Corporation Combustion Engineering, Incorporated Kaiser Refractories Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated Nicolet, Inc. Quigley Company, Inc. Raymark Industries, Incorporated Ryder Industries, Incorporated Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated Sprayed Insulation Corporation Sprayon Research Corporation Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated Standard Insulations, Incorporated Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company Vermont Asbestos Group Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated Asbestos Product Manufacturing Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware Corporation C.E. Thurston & Sons Charter Consolidated, Ltd. Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Cape Industries, Ltd. Taf International, Ltd. Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Charter Consolidated Services California Products International, Incorporated Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd.
No. 654208 · Decided September 24, 1993
No. 654208·Fourth Circuit · 1993·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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September 24, 1993
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No. 654208
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Central Wesleyan College v. W.R. Grace & Co. United States Gypsum Company Ac & S, Incorporated A.P. Green Refractories Company Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated Fibreboard Corporation Flintkote Company Gaf Corporation General Refractories Company Grant Wilson Inc. Babcock & Wilcox Co. Basic, Incorporated California Products Corporation Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated Dana Corporation Dodson Manufacturing Company Keene Corporation Lac D'AmAinte Du Quebec, Ltee Ohio Lime Company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Incorporated Pfizer, Incorporated Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Uniroyal Incorporated United States Mineral Products Company Vimasco Corporation Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Turner & Newall, Ltd. Cassiar Mining Corporation, and National Gypsum Company Acoustics, Incorporated Amchem Products, Incorporated American Asbestos Products, Incorporated American Energy Products, Incorporated Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated Asbestospray Corporation Eagle Picher Industries Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated Foster Wheeler Corporation Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Garlock, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grefco, Incorporated H & a Construction Corporation Hamilton Materials, Incorporated H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated Huxley Development Corporation Ipa Systems, Incorporated J.W. Roberts, Ltd. John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated Asten Group, Incorporated Atlas Turner, Inc. Carey Canada, Inc. The Celotex Corporation Certainteed Corporation Charter Consolidated Investments Charter Industries Chemrock Corporation Combustion Engineering, Incorporated Kaiser Refractories Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated Nicolet, Inc. Quigley Company, Inc. Raymark Industries, Incorporated Ryder Industries, Incorporated Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated Sprayed Insulation Corporation Sprayon Research Corporation Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated Standard Insulations, Incorporated Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company Vermont Asbestos Group Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated Asbestos Product Manufacturing Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware Corporation C.E. Thurston & Sons Charter Consolidated, Ltd. Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Cape Industries, Ltd. Taf International, Ltd. Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Charter Consolidated Services California Products International, Incorporated Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Central Wesleyan College v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated, and W.R. Grace & Co. United States Gypsum Company Ac & S, Incorporated A.P. Green Refractories Company Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated Fibreboard Corporation Flintkote Company Gaf Corporation General Refractories Company Grant Wilson, Inc. Babcock & Wilcox Co. Basic, Incorporated California Products Corporation Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated Dana Corporation Dodson Manufacturing Company Keene Corporation Lac D'AmAinte Du Quebec, Ltee Ohio Lime Company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Incorporated Pfizer, Incorporated Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Uniroyal Incorporated United States Mineral Products Company Vimasco Corporation Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Turner & Newall, Ltd. Cassiar Mining Corporation National Gypsum Company Acoustics, Incorporated Amchem Products, Incorporated American Asbestos Products, Incorporated American Energy Products, Incorporated Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated Asbestospray Corporation Eagle Picher Industries Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated Foster Wheeler Corporation Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Garlock, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grefco, Incorporated H & a Construction Corporation Hamilton Materials, Incorporated H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated Huxley Development Corporation Ipa Systems, Incorporated J.W. Roberts, Ltd. John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated Asten Group, Incorporated Atlas Turner, Inc. Carey Canada, Inc. The Celotex Corporation Certainteed Corporation Charter Consolidated Investments Charter Industries Chemrock Corporation Combustion Engineering, Incorporated Kaiser Refractories Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated Nicolet, Inc. Quigley Company, Inc. Raymark Industries, Incorporated Ryder Industries, Incorporated Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated Sprayed Insulation Corporation Sprayon Research Corporation Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated Standard Insulations, Incorporated Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company Vermont Asbestos Group Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated Asbestos Product Manufacturing Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware Corporation C.E. Thurston & Sons Charter Consolidated, Ltd. Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Cape Industries, Ltd. Taf International, Ltd. Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Charter Consolidated Services California Products International, Incorporated Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd. is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Central Wesleyan College v. W.R. Grace & Co. United States Gypsum Company Ac & S, Incorporated A.P. Green Refractories Company Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated Fibreboard Corporation Flintkote Company Gaf Corporation General Refractories Company Grant Wilson Inc. Babcock & Wilcox Co. Basic, Incorporated California Products Corporation Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated Dana Corporation Dodson Manufacturing Company Keene Corporation Lac D'AmAinte Du Quebec, Ltee Ohio Lime Company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Incorporated Pfizer, Incorporated Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Uniroyal Incorporated United States Mineral Products Company Vimasco Corporation Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Turner & Newall, Ltd. Cassiar Mining Corporation, and National Gypsum Company Acoustics, Incorporated Amchem Products, Incorporated American Asbestos Products, Incorporated American Energy Products, Incorporated Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated Asbestospray Corporation Eagle Picher Industries Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated Foster Wheeler Corporation Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Garlock, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grefco, Incorporated H & a Construction Corporation Hamilton Materials, Incorporated H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated Huxley Development Corporation Ipa Systems, Incorporated J.W. Roberts, Ltd. John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated Asten Group, Incorporated Atlas Turner, Inc. Carey Canada, Inc. The Celotex Corporation Certainteed Corporation Charter Consolidated Investments Charter Industries Chemrock Corporation Combustion Engineering, Incorporated Kaiser Refractories Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated Nicolet, Inc. Quigley Company, Inc. Raymark Industries, Incorporated Ryder Industries, Incorporated Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated Sprayed Insulation Corporation Sprayon Research Corporation Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated Standard Insulations, Incorporated Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company Vermont Asbestos Group Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated Asbestos Product Manufacturing Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware Corporation C.E. Thurston & Sons Charter Consolidated, Ltd. Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Cape Industries, Ltd. Taf International, Ltd. Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Charter Consolidated Services California Products International, Incorporated Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Central Wesleyan College v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated, and W.R. Grace & Co. United States Gypsum Company Ac & S, Incorporated A.P. Green Refractories Company Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated Fibreboard Corporation Flintkote Company Gaf Corporation General Refractories Company Grant Wilson, Inc. Babcock & Wilcox Co. Basic, Incorporated California Products Corporation Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated Dana Corporation Dodson Manufacturing Company Keene Corporation Lac D'AmAinte Du Quebec, Ltee Ohio Lime Company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Owens-Illinois, Incorporated Pfizer, Incorporated Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Uniroyal Incorporated United States Mineral Products Company Vimasco Corporation Pittsburgh Corning Corporation Turner & Newall, Ltd. Cassiar Mining Corporation National Gypsum Company Acoustics, Incorporated Amchem Products, Incorporated American Asbestos Products, Incorporated American Energy Products, Incorporated Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated Asbestospray Corporation Eagle Picher Industries Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated Foster Wheeler Corporation Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Garlock, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Grefco, Incorporated H & a Construction Corporation Hamilton Materials, Incorporated H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated Huxley Development Corporation Ipa Systems, Incorporated J.W. Roberts, Ltd. John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated Asten Group, Incorporated Atlas Turner, Inc. Carey Canada, Inc. The Celotex Corporation Certainteed Corporation Charter Consolidated Investments Charter Industries Chemrock Corporation Combustion Engineering, Incorporated Kaiser Refractories Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated Nicolet, Inc. Quigley Company, Inc. Raymark Industries, Incorporated Ryder Industries, Incorporated Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated Sprayed Insulation Corporation Sprayon Research Corporation Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated Standard Insulations, Incorporated Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company Vermont Asbestos Group Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated Asbestos Product Manufacturing Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware Corporation C.E. Thurston & Sons Charter Consolidated, Ltd. Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd. Cape Industries, Ltd. Taf International, Ltd. Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Charter Consolidated Services California Products International, Incorporated Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd. in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on September 24, 1993.
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