Legal Opinion

Town of Hartland v. Amerada Hess Corp.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided May 12, 2005No. 1:00-189. MDL 1358(SAS)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

The Town of Hartland (“Town”) brings this action to recover for the contamination of its groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”). In its Fourth Amended Complaint, the Town alleges, inter alia, that “in 1997 a truck owned and operated by Defendant Irving Oil negligently spilled a substantial amount of gasoline in the town of Hart-land, Vermont which resulted in the discharge of MTBE contamination into drinking water supplies.”1 Defendants Irving Oil Corporation (“Irving Oil”) and Irving Oil Terminals, Inc.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
Charlina Williams v. R.H. Donnelley, Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
Marie Powell v. National Board of Medical Examiners, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Bruce M. KoeppenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by1 opinion

In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (Mtbe) ProductsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2005