Durfey v. De Nemours Company

59 F.3d 121 40 ERC 1993 , 64 USLW 2064 , 25 Envtl. L. Rep. 21,272, 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5144 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8842 Pamela DURFEY; Paulene Echo Hawk; Dorothy George, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS COMPANY; General Electric Company, a New York corporation; UNC Nuclear Industries Inc., a Delaware corporation; Atlantic Richfield Company, a Delaware corporation; Rockwell International Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Westinghouse Hanford Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35371. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 4, 1995. Decided July 5, 1995. Merrill G. Davidoff, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs-appellants. David M. Bernick, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before: SKOPIL, FERGUSON, and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The present case arises out of the events and litigation in Yakima County, Washington, surrounding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation ("Hanford").…