Cook et al. v. Rockwell International
After 20 years of litigation, it’s back to the drawing board for Colorado residents who claim that contamination from the defunct Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant damaged property values. On September 3 a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated a nearly $1 billion judgment against successive operators of the plant, The Dow Chemical Company and Rockwell International Corporation.
Kirkland & Ellis’s Christopher Landau argued the successful appeal for Dow and Rockwell; Berger & Montague’s Peter Nordberg and Merrill Davidoff led for local residents at trial and on the appeal.
