Legal Opinion
In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 14, 2006No. 1:00B1898, MDL No. 1358(SAS), No. M 21-88PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this consolidated multi-district litigation (“MDL”), plaintiffs seek relief from contamination, or threatened contamination, of groundwater from various defendants’ use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”) and/or tertiary butyl alcohol (“TBA”), which is a product formed by the natural degradation of MTBE in water. The parties have already engaged in extensive motion prac tice, and familiarity with the Court’s previous opinions is assumed. 1 The facts underlying these cases are comprehensively set out in…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Jeffreys v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Fujitsu Limited v. Federal Express CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Jolly v. Eli Lilly & Co.California Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by15 opinions
- City of Pomona v. Sqm North America CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- In Re Vioxx Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2007
- In Re Vioxx Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2007
- In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2011
- City of Fresno v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2013
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