Tanglewood East Homeowners v. Charles-Thomas, Inc.

United Creosoting's decades-long wood-treatment operation contaminated land later developed into a residential subdivision, and after Tanglewood East Homeowners (plaintiffs) complained, the EPA placed the property on the National Priorities List for cleanup under CERCLA; the homeowners sued numerous defendants including lending institution First Federal (defendant), which argued CERCLA did not apply since it never introduced the contaminants, but the trial court denied dismissal.