Legal Opinion

City of Park City v. Alon USA Energy Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided September 3, 2004No. 1:00-1898; MDL 1358(SAS)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

This multi-district litigation comprises dozens of cases, in which numerous plaintiffs are seeking relief from contamination or threatened contamination of groundwater from various defendants’ use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”). Defendants removed many of the actions from state court, asserting four grounds of federal subject matter jurisdiction: (1) federal agent jurisdiction; (2) substantial federal question; (3) complete preemption; and (4) bankruptcy jurisdiction.1 The plaintiffs in nine New York cases moved to…

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3Cited by1 opinion

In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004