IN RE METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE)

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

898 F.Supp.2d 584 (2012)

In re METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This document relates to: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al., 08 Civ. 00312.

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

May 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Aaron R. Dias, Esq. , Gordon C. Rhea, Esq. , Thomas P. Gressette, Esq. , Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Barry A. Knopf, Esq. , Leonard Z. Kaufmann, Esq. , Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, L.L.P., Saddle Brook, NJ, David T. Ritter, Esq. , Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, John K. Dema, Esq. , Law Offices of John K. Dema, P.C., Christiansted, VI, for New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the Administrator of the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund.

Steven Lawerence Leifer, Esq. , Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC, for Amerada Hess Corp., Marathon Oil Co., and Marathon Petroleum Co. LP.

John Christie II McMeekin, Esq. , Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Getty Properties Corp.

Ira Brad Matetsky, Esq. , Steven J. Shore, Esq. , Ganfer & Shore, LLP, New York, NY, for George E. Warren Corp.

Patrick R. Jacobi, Esq. , Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, for Sunoco, Inc. and Sunoco, Inc. (R & M).

Anthony A. Orlandi, Esq. , Brian J. Sullivan, Esq. , Goodwin Procter, LLP, Boston, MA, Yaniv Heled, Esq. , Goodwin Procter, LLP, New York, NY, for Gulf Oil Limited Partnership.

Matthew Gerard Parisi, Esq. , Bleakley Piatt & Schmidt, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. and Lukoil America Corp.

Peter John Sacripanti, Esq. , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, for Coastal Eagle Point Oil Co. and El Paso Corp.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2008, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") filed a Complaint against various corporations for their use and handling of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE"), alleging that MTBE contaminated New Jersey's groundwater. Defendants now move to compel the production of certain documents based on the various entries on NJDEP...

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