Legal Opinion
Orange County Water District v. Unocal
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 16, 2009No. Master File No. 1:00-1898; MDL No. 1358 (SAS); No. M21-88PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRAA. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:
I. 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 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 In this case, plaintiff Orange County Water District…
2Cases cited29 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
- McCarthy v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Roe v. City of WaterburyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Jeffreys v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Leopold v. Central Intelligence AgencyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether LiabilityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009