Dive summary;

• The U.S. Court of Appeals has ordered Veolia ES Solid Waste to pay the former owner their Georgia landfill, Kurt Wilkening, $707,411 in back payment from an agreement stemming from the sale of the property.
• The original agreement from 2002 was to pay $1 for every ton of waste brought to the property, including any expansions made within a mile of the original landfill.
• In 2010 the first landfill closed and payment to Wilkening stopped, he sued, saying Veolia did not pay him for recyclable materials delivered to the site and for waste brought to the new adjacent landfill.

From the article:

The U.S. Court of Appeals has sided with a local District Court in Georgia in ordering two Veolia ES Solid Waste landfills to pay $707,411 to a man who once owned one of the landfills.

Kurt Wilkening, who owned Big Bin Services Inc., opened a landfill in Lowndes County, Ga., later selling it to a company which would be bought by Veolia ES Solid Waste. As part of the deal, Wilkening would get $1 for each ton of waste delivered to the landfill, including any expansions of the facility. ...