Legal Opinion
In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 16, 2004No. M21-88, MDL NO. 1358(SAS)PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
This consolidated multi-district litigation (“MDL”) initially involved several putative class actions brought on behalf of private well-owners seeking relief from contamination of their wells. By opinion and order dated July 16, 2002, I denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, see In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (“MTBE”) Products Liability Litigation, 209 F.R.D. 323 (S.D.N.Y.2002), and the putative class actions subsequently settled.
In 2003, dozens of new MTBE products liability cases were filed in state courts around the country. The…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- 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
- Alsup v. 3-Day Blinds, Inc.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2006
- 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 · 2004
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