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IN RE METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

No. MASTER FILE 1:00-189, No. MDL 1358(SAS), No. M 21-88.

364 F.Supp.2d 329 (2004)

In re: METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION This document relates to: Orange County Water District v. Unocal Corp., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4968(SAS) City of Riverside v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4969(SAS) Quincy Community Services District v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4970(SAS) City of Roseville v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4971(SAS) The People of the State of California, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4972(SAS) City of Fresno v. Chevron USA, Inc., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4973(SAS) California-American Water Co. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4974(SAS) Silver, et al. v. Alon USA Energy, Inc., et al., No. 04 Civ. 4975(SAS)

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

November 3, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Axline, Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiffs Orange County Water District City of Fresno.

Victor Sher, Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs Orange County Water District City of Riverside Quincy Community Services District City of Roseville California-American Water Co. Martin Silver, et al. Sacramento County Water Agency Sacramento Groundwater Authority Citrus Heights Water District Del Paso Manor Water District Fair Oaks Water District Florin Resource Conservation District Rio Linda Elverta Community Water District Sacramento Suburban Water District San Juan Water District City of Sacramento.

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

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

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

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this consolidated multi-district litigation, plaintiffs allege that defendants have caused the contamination or threatened contamination of groundwater through their use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE"). Although MTBE is supposed to reduce air pollution by making fuel cleaner burning, plaintiffs assert that it pollutes the water supply...

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