Legal Opinion
Ackerman v. ExxonMobil Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 12, 2012No. Civil WDQ-11-3442PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILLIAM D. QUARLES, JR., District Judge.
Kenneth Ackerman and others 1 (the “Plaintiffs” or the “Ackerman Plaintiffs”) sued ExxonMobil Corporation (“Exxon”) and John R. Hicks (collectively the “Defen dants”) in the Circuit Court for Harford County, for gasoline contamination of their properties. The Defendants removed the case to this Court. For the following reasons, the Plaintiffs’ motion to remand or, in the alternative, abstain will be granted in part and denied in part.
I. Background
On June 30, 2004, hundreds of Fallston, Maryland, residents filed a putative class action…
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