IN RE METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER PRODUCTS

No. MDL 1358(SAS). No. M21-88.

578 F.Supp.2d 519 (2008)

In re METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This document relates to: City of Riverside v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., 04 Civ. 4969 Quincy Community Services District v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., 04 Civ. 4970 People of the State of California, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., 04 Civ. 4972 California-American Water Co. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., 04 Civ. 4974 Martin Silver, et al. v. Alon USA Energy, Inc., et al., 04 Civ. 4975 Village of Island Lake v. Ashland Inc., et al., 04 Civ.2053.

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

July 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Greenwald, Esq., Robert Gordon, Esq., Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs and for Plaintiff, Village of Island Lake.

Scott Summy, Esq., Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff, Village of Island Lake.

Victor Sher, Esq., Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs, City of Riverside, Quincy Community Services District, California-American Water Company, Citrus Heights Water District, Del Paso Manor Water District, Fair Oaks Water District, Florin Resource Conservation District, Rio Linda Elverta Community Water District, and M & P Silver Family Partners II.

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

M. Taylor Florence, Esq., John E. Spomer, III, Esq., Bullivant Houser Bailey P.C., Sacramento, CA, for Defendants, Toms Sierra Company, Inc. and Sierra Energy.

Richard E. Wallace, Esq., Wallace King Domike & Reiskin, PLLC, Washington, DC, Liaison Counsel for Settling Defendants and Counsel for Defendants Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Motiva Enterprises LLC, Shell Oil Company, and TMR Company.

John J. Lyons, Esq., Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant, ConocoPhillips and on Behalf of Settling Defendants.

J. Andrew Langan, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants, BP Products North America Inc., Atlantic Richfield Company, BP West Coast Products LLC and BP Amoco Chemical Company and on Behalf of Settling Defendants.

Sheila L. Birnbaum, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants, BP America Inc., Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips Company, and Shell Oil Company.

Steven L. Leifer, Esq., Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC, for Marathon Petroleum Company, Marathon Oil Company, and Ashland Inc.


AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

The Opinion and Order in these cases dated July 22, 2008 is hereby vacated and replaced with this Amended Opinion and Order.

I. INTRODUCTION

Twelve large gasoline refiners and their related corporate entities, who together account for approximately seventy percent of the named defendants in these cases, have agreed to pay plaintiffs in fifty-nine actions approximately...

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