Third Circuit Holds Contribution Action Accrues on Entry of Consent Order but Doesn’t Decide Which Limitations Period Applies – Update from Manko Gold

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November 26, 2019

Shoshana (Suzanne Ilene) Schiller

MGKF Litigation Blog

Sometimes a movie can solve one mystery but hold off answering others, leaving viewers eager for the sequel. Legal opinions can be the same, as is the Third Circuit’s opinion in Cranbury Brick Yard, LLC v. United States, No. 18-3287 (3rd Cir. Nov. 22, 2019). After holding that the limitations period for a contribution action accrues from the date of entry into a non-judicial settlement and order on consent, the Court then sidesteps the issue of exactly what limitations period applies.

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