Legal Opinion
City of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 21, 2009No. Nos. 00 MDL 1898(SAS), 04 Civ. 3417(SAS)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The City of New York (“the City”) alleges that a number of gasoline makers are strictly liable for their use and handling of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”).1 Oil companies added MTBE to gasoline as an oxygenate in order to meet emissions requirements under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) of 1990. *474MTBE gasoline has since contaminated groundwater throughout the United States. This case, related to groundwater contamination in Queens County, New York, is part of a consolidated multi-district litigation…
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