IN RE METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER LITIGATION

No. 1:00-1898, MDL 1358(SAS).

361 F.Supp.2d 137 (2004)

In re: METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 19, 2004


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Ayotte, Maureen D. Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau, Concord, NH, for State of New Hampshire.

Jan Scully, Russ Detrick, Sacramento County Office of the District Attorney, Consumer & Environmental Protection Division, Sacramento, CA, for The People of the State of California.

Robert Gordon, C. Sanders McNew, Stanley N. Alpert, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Peter John Sacripanti, James A. Pardo, Stephen J. Riccardulli, McDermott Will & Emery, New York, NY, for Defendants.


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...

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