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Serv4icss o7 Mead Data Central; Inc. <br /> IJAUt <br /> 4TH CASE. of Level I printed in FULL format. <br /> HENRY HENDLER, PAUL GARRETT, TILLIE GOLDRING, as Trustees <br /> and HENRY HENDLER And IRVING GRONSEY, Plaintiff s-Alopellants, <br /> THE UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appgll,EZ.: <br /> 90-5055 <br /> UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL MWIT <br /> 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 30233 <br /> December 31 , 19917 Decided: <br /> SIiB EQUENT' HIST0.Y;: As Corrected: January 8, 1991 . Second Carre tion February .4.,. <br /> . . .. . . 9 .1• c <br /> 1:992..... Third Correction February 2.0 1.992. 61 <br /> PRIOR HISTORY! :144.3 Appealed from: United States Calm.4 COUrt. <br /> DISPOSITION. AF`FIRMED�IN4.ART REVERSED-IN-PART, AND REMANDED <br /> COUNSEL: :Michael. Berger,,: of :P adem,, Berger & Norton Los Anq.eles:.;. Californiao <br /> ii:c_gUed. for, pla in t.i.f f -appellan-ts. <br /> Elizabeth Ann Peterson, of the Department of Justice WashlIngton.l. OPC....,. airgues <br /> f- rdefendant_i 2iri Asi <br /> .p.p.ellee. With _er on the brief were Richard 1i Stewart, i s tant. <br /> Att'crrney Bengra4. David F. :Shuey and Anne S. Almy, attorneys. <br /> .1 <br /> A <br /> JUDGES: gefore-ARCHER, PLACER and CLEVENGER, Circuit Ju.dget. <br /> ,041 NIONRY*0PLAGER <br /> OPINION: PLACER, Circuit Judge. <br /> I . INTRODUCTION <br /> This is a takings case. It involves an almost decade-long dispute between the <br /> Government and the property owners over the distinction between a regulatory <br /> taking and a taking by permanent physical occupation, and what the scope 'of <br /> ptoper discovery should be in: such a case. The casebegan with the effort's of <br /> the United States, acting through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc} <br /> tGovernnment ar 'IIEPA) , to combat ground water pollution frons. a. major :hazardous <br /> waste Slte., the Stringfellow Acid Pits in California.. Utilizing its authority <br /> 4der CERCLA,. 0 commonly known, as Superfund,, the Governmentti <br /> .,, An conjunction <br /> With tate te.e Staof California, undertook a broad-ranging attack on the <br /> in. Oir ;w -.Footnotes- <br /> h:1 The CamprehensIve Environmental Response, Compensation, and. Li hility Act,. <br /> C.. 91 06dt-57 <br /> vw xw :_ ami aaam _ imp: _mr .1- -End Footnotes- <br /> As part :of: this attack. the Government decided to 'locate ground water :wells <br /> and a5sociated se.qu. . . A i.pment in the. general area of the acid Pits to monitor the <br /> m6yement. of can-tanti.na ted. ground water. The area of concern included not.:(*W <br /> EX- <br /> LA sleltNj IS LEXIS E ,is <br />