Legal Opinion
In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 13, 2008No. Master File No. 1:00-1898. MDL No. 1358 (SAS). No. M21-88PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”) is a gasoline additive that has contaminated groundwater throughout the United States, primarily as a result of leaking underground storage tanks (“USTs”). Because MTBE “dissolves and spreads readily in the groundwater ... resists biodegra-dation, and is difficult and costly to remove from groundwater,” it “has caused widespread and serious contamination of the nation’s drinking water supplies.” 1 Among those contaminated water supplies are the wells of plaintiffs Suffolk County-Water…
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- City of Fresno v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2013
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