In Re Dant & Russell, Inc., Dant & Russell, Inc. v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., Dant & Russell, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., Appellee/cross-Appellant

951 F.2d 246 34 ERC 1569 , 60 USLW 2422 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 74,400, 22 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,239 In re DANT & RUSSELL, INC., et al., DANT & RUSSELL, INC., et al., Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CO., Appellee. DANT & RUSSELL, INC., et al., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CO., Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Nos. 89-35422, 89-35449. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 9, 1991. Decided Dec. 17, 1991. Harry H. Schneider, Jr., Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash., for appellee/cross-appellant. Christopher R. Hermann, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Portland, Or., for appellant/cross-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal arises out of the negative land value caused by industrial pollution of land leased from a railroad. Burlington Northern ("BN") filed a claim against the bankruptcy estate of Dant & Russell ("D & R"), seeking reimbursement for incurred and expected cleanup costs of a site owned by BN and leased to D & R. The bankruptcy court awarded BN…