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In AmeriPride Services Inc. v. Texas Eastern Overseas Inc., the Ninth Circuit examined several issues under CERCLA, some of which were issues of first impression in the Circuit, including: whether a district court must apply a specific method of allocating the set-off for settlements between private CERCLA parties, whether a party's right to seek contribution for costs paid in third-party settlements requires an independent analysis of whether the settlement costs were...