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December 2004
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Highest New York Court Finds Purchasers of Real Property Liable for Pre-Sale Contamination under the Oil Spill Act
State of New York v. Speonk Fuel Inc.
The State of New York’s highest court has ruled that a purchaser of property is liable for its cleanup under the state’s Oil Spill Act even where the contamination preexisted the sale and was not cleaned up after the sale, even if the purchaser did not cause the contamination.
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