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IN RE MTBE PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Docket Nos. 10-4135-cv, 10-4329-cv.

725 F.3d 65 (2013)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC ( Traci L. Lovitt , Nicholas W. Haddad , Jones Day, New York, NY; Peter John Sacripanti , James A. Pardo , Lauren E. Handel , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Mobil Corporation.

Paul M. Smith , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC ( Susan E. Amron , Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY; Victor M. Sher , Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants the City of New York, the New York City Water Board, and the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority.

Donald W. Fowler , Eric G. Lasker , Hollingsworth LLP, Washington, DC; Donald D. Evans , American Chemistry Council, Washington, DC; Thomas J. Graves , American Coatings Association, Inc., Washington, DC; Quentin Riegel , National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Milito , NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Washington, DC; Robin S. Conrad , National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for amici curiae American Chemistry Council, American Coatings Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Joseph R. Guerra , James R. Wedeking , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and American Petroleum Institute, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Michael B. Mukasey , Anne E. Cohen , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; Hugh F. Young, Jr. , Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, for amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Michael E. Wall , Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Johanna Dyer , Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Paula T. Dow , Attorney General of New Jersey, George N. Cohen , Richard F. Engel , Deputy Attorneys General, Trenton, NJ; Michael Axline , Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sacramento, CA, for amicus curiae New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: PARKER, HALL, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judge:

                                    Table of Contents

  I.  BACKGROUND....................................................................79
      A.  MTBE and Its Effects......................................................80
      B.  The Clean Air Act and the Reformulated Gasoline Program...................81
      C.  The City's Water-Supply System............................................81
      D.  The City's Claims...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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