Halaco Engineering Co. v. Costle

843 F.2d 376 27 ERC 1481 , 10 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1152 HALACO ENGINEERING CO., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Paul De Falco, Jr., Regional Administrator for Region IX of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Clyde B. Eller, Director of Enforcement Division for Region IX of United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants-Appellants. No. 84-6456. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 4, 1988. Decided April 1, 1988. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc July 20, 1988. Arthur Fine, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Martin W. Matzen, Dept. of Justice Atty., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before CANBY and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and LOVELL, * District Judge. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), appeals the dismissal of its counterclaim against Halaco Engineering Company ("Halaco"). In the underlying action, Halaco sought declaratory relief…