Urban Law Annual ; Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law

Article Title

Constitutional Implications of CERCLA: Due Process Challenges to Response Costs and Retroactive Liability

Authors

William A. Montgomery Jr., Washington University School of Law

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law

Abstract

This Article addresses the question of whether CERCLA applies retroactively to response costs and to liability for releases of hazardous substances. In addition, it examines whether the retroactive application of CERCLA violates the due process clause of the fifth amendment.

Recommended Citation

William A. Montgomery Jr., Constitutional Implications of CERCLA: Due Process Challenges to Response Costs and Retroactive Liability, 31 Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp. L. 279 (1987)
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