Legal Opinion
In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 16, 2014No. Master File No. 1:00-1898; MDL No. 1358 (SAS); No. M21-88PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRAA. 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 *443ether (“MTBE”) and/or tertiary butyl alcohol, a product formed by the breakdown of MTBE in water. In this case, plaintiff Orange County Water District (the “District”), which is charged with maintaining groundwater quality, alleges that defendants’ use and handling of MTBE has contaminated, or threatened to contaminate groundwater…
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