Ascon Properties, Inc. v. Mobil Oil Company

866 F.2d 1149 29 ERC 1001 , 57 USLW 2472 , 12 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1467, 19 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,374 ASCON PROPERTIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOBIL OIL COMPANY; Shell Oil Company; TRW; Douglas Oil Company; Edgington Oil Company; Aluminum & Magnesium Inc.; Routh Transport/IT Corporation; Southern California Edison Company; Sabre Refining Company; Dow Chemical Company; BKK Corporation; SoCal Oil & Refining Company; Signal Companies & Signal Oil Company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-5807. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 2, 1988. Decided Jan. 31, 1989. Raphael Metzger, Seal Beach, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Ward L. Benshoof, McClintock, Kirwan, Benshoof, Rochefort & Weston, and Lori Huff Dillman, Sidley & Austin, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE, FARRIS and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Ascon Properties, Inc. (Ascon) appeals from a judgment dismissing its action brought against certain alleged generators and transporters of hazardous waste (Mobil). The district court dismissed Ascon's first…