Law360 (June 9, 2020, 7:10 PM EDT) — A development company trying to hold a California city liable for part of a $31 million environmental lawsuit says the local government is trying to substitute its own facts into the record and using “head-scratching arguments” in an attempt to avoid payment.

Friends of Riverside Airport LLC told a federal court Monday that the city of Riverside is skirting legal arguments about its potential liability under development contracts for the contaminated 64-acre property and instead is trying to spin an alternate version of the facts. The group is trying to develop the site into residences and wants the city to pay…