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No. 17-1498 In the Supreme Court of the United States ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, PETITIONER v. GREGORY A. CHRISTIAN, ET AL., RESPONDENTS ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MONTANA JOINT APPENDIX LISA S. BLATT JOSEPH R. PALMORE Williams & Connolly LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP 725 Twelfth St. NW 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20005 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 434-5000 (202) 887-6940 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel of Record for Counsel of Record for Petitioner Respondents PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI FILED: APRIL 27, 2018 CERTIORARI GRANTED: JUNE 10, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Docket Entries from the Montana Supreme Court ................................................................. 1 Docket Entries from the Montana District Court ................................................................. 5 Third Amended Complaint (Dec. 21, 2012) ........ 38 Community Soils OU ROD (Sept. 1996) ............. 58 Anaconda Regional Water, Waste, and Soils OU ROD (Sept. 1998) ............................................. 105 Administrative Order for Remedial Action (Community Soils OU, Residential Soils Remedial Design Unit) (Aug. 21, 2002) .......... 117 Anaconda Regional Water, Waste, and Soils OU ROD Amendment (Sept. 2011) ........................ 148 Expert Report of Richard E. Bartelt (Apr. 2013)... 175 Expert Report of John R. Kane (Apr. 15, 2013) .... 227 Expert Report of David M. Emmons (Apr. 15, 2013) ................................................................. 242 Atlantic Richfield’s Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment re: CERCLA (May 17, 2013) .................................................. 321 Affidavit of Richard E. Bartelt in Support of Atlantic Richfield’s Motion for Summary Judgment re: CERCLA (May 16, 2013) .......... 333 (i) ii TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued Page Plaintiffs’ Brief in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment re: CERCLA (June 7, 2013) ................................................................. 342 Atlantic Richfield’s Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment re: CERCLA (July 1, 2013) ................................................................. 346 Supplemental Expert Disclosure of John R. Kane (July 31, 2013) ........................................ 350 Supplemental Expert Disclosure of John R. Kane (Sept. 16, 2013) ....................................... 352 Community Soils OU ROD Amendment (Sept. 2013) ................................................................. 373 Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site Fifth Five- Year Review (Sept. 25, 2015) ........................... 377 Supplemental Expert Disclosure of John R. Kane (May 2, 2016) .......................................... 385 Supplemental Expert Disclosure of John R. Kane (Sept. 14, 2016) ....................................... 399 Transcript of Hearing on Motions for Summary Judgment (June 20, 2016) ............................... 405 iii NOTICE The following items have been omitted in printing the joint appendix because they appear as appendices to the petition for certiorari as follows: Appendix A: Montana Supreme Court opinion (Dec. 29, 2017) ................................. 1a Appendix B: Montana District Court opinion (Aug. 30, 2016) ................................ 41a Appendix C: United States’ Amicus Brief, Montana Supreme Court (Dec. 8, 2016) ...... 56a 1 MONTANA SUPREME COURT ———— Docket No. OP 16-0555 ———— ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, v. MONTANA SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SILVER BOW COUNTY, THE HON. KATHERINE M. BIDEGARAY ———— RELEVANT DOCKET ENTRIES DATE PROCEEDINGS 09/21/2016 Petition - Writ - Supervisory Control * * * 10/05/2016 Order - this Court accepts jurisdiction for the limited purpose of considering the DC 8/30/16 Order; Atlantic’s opening brief is due w/n 30 days. U.S. may file an amicus brief; further proceedings are STAYED; in all other respects the petition is DENIED. 10/11/2016 Petition - Rehearing. copies to Court. 10/17/2016 Response/Objection – Rehearing * * * 10/18/2016 Order - the petition for rehearing is DENIED; the petition shall be accepted as the summary response to the petition for writ; Atlantic Richfield’s opening brief is due within 30 days. 2 DATE PROCEEDINGS 11/16/2016 Motion - Opposed - Brief and Supporting Affidavit - Enlarged Amicus Brief - copies to Court with a copy of Lodged Amicus Brief 11/17/2016 Brief - Appellant’s Opening 11/22/2016 Motion - Unopposed - Amicus - Leave to Participate (Montana Trial Lawyers Asso- ciation) - sent to Court w/SC file 11/23/2016 Order - Amicus-Grant Participation of Montana Trial Lawyers. Brief shall be due concurrently with Respondent’s Brief 11/23/2016 Motion - Unopposed - Amicus - Leave to Participate (Clark Fork Coalition) - sent to Court w/SC file 11/25/2016 Response/Objection - Response to Motion to file Enlarged Amicus Brief * * * 11/25/2016 Order - Amicus-Grant Participation (Clark Fork Coalition) 11/29/2016 Order - Denying Motion to file Enlarged Amicus Brief 12/05/2016 Motion - Unopposed - Amicus - Leave to Participate (Montana Environmental Information Center) -sent to Court w/SC file 12/06/2016 Order - MEIC is granted leave to file an amicus curiae brief in this matter which shall be due concurrently with that of the Respondent. 3 DATE PROCEEDINGS 12/09/2016 Brief - Amicus (USA) 12/19/2016 Brief - Amicus - (Clark Fork Coalition). 12/19/2016 Brief - Amicus (Montana Trial Lawyers Association and Montana Environmental Information Center) 12/19/2016 Brief - Plaintiffs/Counter-Petitioners’ Answer Brief. * * * 12/21/2016 Motion - Unopposed - Extension of Time - Reply Brief (sent to court) 12/21/2016 Order - Grant - Extension of Time - Petitioner is granted until 2/2/17 to file the reply brief. 02/03/2017 Brief - Appellant Reply * * * 02/15/2017 Order - Classified - Oral Argument - Friday, 4/7/17 at 9:30 a.m., introduction at 9:00 a.m.; Hon. James A. Manley will participate in the place of Chief Justice McGrath, who has recused himself. * * * 02/23/2017 Order - Hon. John A. Kutzman called to participate in place of Justice Rice in 4/7/17 Oral Argument 03/13/2017 Motion - Unopposed - Oral Argument - Leave to Participate (Amicus Curiae United States) * * * 4 DATE PROCEEDINGS 03/14/2017 Order - Granting Amicus United States leave to participate in oral argument 03/17/2017 Motion - Unopposed - Oral Argument - Leave to Participate 03/17/2017 Order - Grant - Motion of Amicus Montana Trial Lawyers Association to participate in oral argument is GRANTED. Respondent and Amicus are free to divide their time as they see fit, but the total amount of time between them shall not exceed 30 minutes * * * 04/07/2017 Event - Oral Argument Presented by Jonathan Rauchway for the petitioner and Matthew Oakes, Department of Justice, Amicus. Respondent argument presented by Justin Stalpes and Domenic Cossi, Montana Trial Lawyers Associa- tion, Amicus. The matter was taken under advisement at 10:40 a.m.. * * * 12/29/2017 Opinion - Opinion and Order - Justice Shea; the district court’s orders on sum- mary judgment are AFFIRMED; the matter is remanded for further proceedings. 12/29/2017 Opinion - Synopsis of Opinion 5 BUTTE-SILVER BOW COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ———— Case Register Report DV-47-2008-0000173-NE ———— GREGORY A CHRISTIAN, et al., v. BP AMOCO CORPORATION, et al. ———— RELEVANT DOCKET ENTRIES DOC. ENTERED FILED TEXT SEQ. JUDGE 1.000 4/17/2008 04/17/2008 Complaint and Jury Demand Filed no Summons Issued Newman, Brad 2.000 07/10/2008 07/10/2008 Amended Com- plaint and Jury Demand/ (24) Sum- mons Issued Newman, Brad * * * 4.000 07/31/2008 07/31/2008 Notice to Clerk of Court of Removal to Federal Court (Atlantic Richfield Company) Newman, Brad 6 DOC. ENTERED FILED TEXT SEQ. JUDGE * * * 19.000 12/17/2008 12/09/2008 Order (Granting Remand to District Court) (Filed in Federal Court) Newman, Brad * * * 56.000 07/12/2011 07/11/2011 Motion for Leave to File Amended Com- plaint and Jury Demand and Sup- porting Memoran- dum (original received 7/12/11) Newman, Brad 57.000 07/14/2011 07/14/2011 Order Granting Leave to File Amended Com- plaint and Jury Demand Newman, Brad * * * 59.000 08/03/2011 08/03/2011 Second Amended Complaint and Jury Demand Newman, Brad * * * 7 DOC. ENTERED FILED TEXT SEQ. JUDGE 65.000 08/19/2011 08/19/2011 Atlantic Richfield Company’s Answer to Second Amended Complaint and Jury Demand Newman, Brad * * * 91.000 10/15/2012 10/12/2012 Stipulation to Allow Amendment of Com- plaint Newman, Brad * * * 94.000 10/15/2012 10/12/2012 Order Allowing Amendment of Complaint Newman, Brad * * * 140.000 12/24/2012 12/24/2012 Third Amended Complaint and Jury Demand (Order Entry #94) Newman, Brad * * * 152.000 01/09/2013 01/09/2013 Altanic Richfield Company’s Answer to Third Amended Complaint and Jury Demand Newman, Brad 8 DOC. ENTERED FILED TEXT SEQ. JUDGE * * * 214.000 04/15/2013 04/15/2013 Plaintiffs’ Expert Witness Disclosure (Attachments not filed - exceed 25 pages and no Order to file)(Original 4/16/13) Newman, Brad 215.000 04/15/2013 04/15/2013 Defendants’ Expert Witness Disclosure Newman, Brad * * * 219.000 05/03/2013 05/03/2013 Atlantic Richfield Co. Motion for Summary Judg- ment on Plaintiffs’ Negligence Claim Newman, Brad 220.000 05/03/2013 05/03/2013 Atlantic Richfield Co. Brief in Sup- port of Motion for Judgment on Plain- tiffs’ Claim for Res- toration Damages as Barred by Cercla Newman, Brad * * * 9 DOC. ENTERED FILED TEXT SEQ. JUDGE 226.000 05/20/2013 05/20/2013 Atlantic Richfield Company’s Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judg- ment on Plaintiffs’ Claim for Restora- tion Damages as Barred by