Legal Opinion
In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 19, 2004No. 1:00-1898, MDL 1358(SAS)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This multi-district litigation consists of dozens of cases, in which plaintiffs seek relief for contamination or threatened contamination of groundwater from defendants’ use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”). 1 Plaintiffs include states, cities, municipalities, private water providers, and other entities. Although the cases were filed in various state courts, defendants removed the actions to federal court, asserting four grounds of subject matter jurisdiction; (1) federal agent jurisdiction; (2)…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by23 opinions
- California v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- State v. HESS CORP.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 2009
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