Legal Opinion
In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 21, 2016No. Master File No. 1:00-1898; MDL 1358 (SAS); M21-88; 14 Civ. 6228PublishedCited by 1,144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRAA. SCHEINDLIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
1. 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 ether (“MTBE”) and/or tertiary butyl alcohol, a product formed by the breakdown of MTBE in water. In this case, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (“the Commonwealth”) alleges that defendants’ use and handling of MTBE has contaminated, or threatens to contaminate groundwater within its jurisdiction.…
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