IN RE MTBE PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Master File No. 1:00-1898, MDL No. 1358 (SAS), No. M21-88.

517 F.Supp.2d 662 (2007)

In re METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. County of Suffolk and Suffolk County Water Authority v. Amerada Hess Corp. et al., 04 Civ. 5424.

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

September 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Greenwald, Esq., Robert Gordon, Esq., Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., Samuel Issacharoff, Esq., New York, NY, Carla M. Burke, Esq., Scott Summy, Esq., Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs and Suffolk County Plaintiffs.

Peter John Sacripanti, Esq., James A. Pardo, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.

Robert E. Meadows, Esq., Charles C. Correll, Jr., Esq., King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., Esq., William F. Hughes, Esq., Wallace King Domike & Branson PLLC, Washington, D.C., Sheila L. Birnbaum, Esq., Barbara Wrubel, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Chevron Texaco Corporation (rilkla Chevron Corporation), Chevron U.S.A. Inc., TRMI Holdings Inc., Texaco Inc., and Chevron Environmental Services Company.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE") is a chemical compound that companies began adding to gasoline in 1979.1 "While the use of MTBE as a fuel additive in gasoline has helped to reduce harmful air emissions, it has also caused widespread and serious contamination of the nation's drinking...

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