Legal Opinion
In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 25, 2011No. Master File No. 1:00-1898; MDL No. 1358 (SAS); No. M21-88PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. 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, a product formed by the natural degradation of MTBE in water. In February 2011, Orange County Water District (“OCWD” or “the District”) moved for partial summary judgement under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(a) on three claims against certain defendants…
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