IN RE METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER PROD. LIAB. LIT.

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

510 F.Supp.2d 299 (2007)

In re METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This document relates to: v. 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 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Greenwald, Robert Gordon, Esq., Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs and Counsel for Suffolk County Plaintiffs.

Scott Summy, Carla Burke, Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, Samuel Issacharoff, New York, NY, for Suffolk County Plaintiffs.

Peter John Sacripanti, James A. Pardo, Stephen J. Riccardulli, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Sheila L. Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants and Counsel for Defendant ExxonMobil.

Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg LLP, Chicago, IL, Samuel J. Abate, Jr., Pepper Hamilton, LLP, New York, NY, for CITGO Petroleum Corporation, CITGO Refining and Chemicals Company, LP, and PDV Midwest Refining, LLC.


OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

[B]ecause "law is an instrument of governance rather than a hymn to intellectual beauty, some consideration must be given to practicalities."1

Following the May 2007 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in People of the State of California v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al. and The State of New Hampshire...

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