Legal Opinion
In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 5, 2015No. Master File No. 1:00-1898; MDL No. 1358(SAS); No. M21-88PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
This is a consolidated multi-district litigation (“MDL”) relating to contamination — actual or threatened — of groundwater from various defendants’ use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”) and/or tertiary butyl alcohol, a product formed by the breakdown of MTBE in water. In this case, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Commonwealth”) alleges that defendants’ use and handling of MTBE has contaminated, or threatened to contaminate groundwater within its jurisdiction. Familiarity with the…
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