Legal Opinion
United Water New York, Inc. v. Amerada Hess Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 10, 2006No. 1:00-1898, MDL 1358(SAS), M 21-88PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
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 (“TBA”), which is a product that is formed by the natural degradation of MTBE in water. The parties have already engaged in extensive motion practice, and familiarity with the Court’s previous opinions is assumed.1 The facts underlying this case are comprehensively set out in…
2Cases cited43 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
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) ProductsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006