Legal Opinion
In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 20, 2011No. Master File No. 1:00-1898. MDL No. 1358 (SAS). No. M21-88PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRAA. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:
1. 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, a product formed by the natural degradation of MTBE in water. In this case, plaintiff Orange County Water District (“OCWD” or the “District”), which is responsible for maintaining groundwater quality within its geographic region, alleges that defendants’ use and…
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