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IN RE METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE")

Master File Nos. 1:00-1898. MDL 1358(SAS). M21-88.

399 F.Supp.2d 325 (2005)

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

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

August 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Gordon, Robin Greenwald, C. Sanders McNew, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York City, Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel.

Alan J. Hoffman, Laurence S. Shtasel, Blank Rome, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Equistar Chemicals, LP.

Thomas M. Farrell, Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrel & Flack LLP, Houston, TX, for Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP.

Peter John Sacripanti, James A. Pardo, Stephen J. Riccardulli, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, New York City, Defendants' Liaison Counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs bring these actions seeking relief from the actual or threatened contamination of their groundwater with methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE"), a chemical added to gasoline. Defendant Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP ("LCR") moves, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to dismiss the complaints filed against it in fifteen states: Connecticut...

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