Mealey's (September 12, 2022, 10:14 AM EDT) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal judge on Aug. 29 ordered two oil companies to comply with discovery while denying one of the company’s motion for a protective order over requests that the company considered outside the scope of the issue of whether parties who owned property at, and operated their own oil business near, a now-contaminated refinery are considered a “covered person” for the purposes of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act....