RHODE ISLAND v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

C.A. No. 17-204 WES.

357 F.Supp.3d 129 (2018)

State of RHODE ISLAND, Plaintiff, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

Signed December 11, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 6901
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 6901 Resource & Recovery Act
Nature of Suit: 893 Environmental Matters
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Krass , Haens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Newton Centre, MA, Carla Burke Pickrel , Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, Michael Rubin , Neil F.X. Kelly , Rhode Island Dept. of Attorney General, Rebecca Tedford Partington , Attorney General's Office, Sean H. Lyness , R.I. Office of the Attorney General, Providence, RI, William A. Walsh , Weitz & Luxenberg, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Bradley H. Weidenhammer , J. Andrew Langan , Andrew R. Running , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Lisa S. Meyer , Nathan P. Eimer , Pamela R. Hanebutt , Eimer Stahl LLP, Mary Rose Alexander , Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL, John A. Tarantino , Nicole J. Benjamin , Patricia K. Rocha , Kyle M. Zambarano , Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., Matthew Thomas Oliverio , Oliverio & Marcaccio LLP, Stacey P. Nakasian , Duffy & Sweeney, Ltd., John E. Bulman , Stephen J. MacGillivray , Pierce Atwood, LLP, Mark P. Dolan , Rice Dolan & Kershaw, Douglas J. Emanuel , Robert D. Fine , Chace, Ruttenberg & Freedman, LLP, Gerald J. Petros , Ryan M. Gainor , Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, Paul M. Sanford , Benjamin C. Caldwell , Burns, & Levinson LLP, Jeffrey M., Padwa , Padwa Law LLC, Timothy K. Baldwin , Robert G. Flanders, Jr. , Whelan, Corrente, Flanders, Kinder & Siket LLP, Providence, RI, Charles C. Correll, Jr. , Jeremiah J. Anderson , King & Spalding LLP, Amy E. Parker , Carlton D. Wilde, III , Christopher L. Dodson , Bracewell LLP, Christopher H. Domingo , Diane L. Myers , Jones Day, Gabriel D. Kaim , Jessica Farley , Stephen Dillard , Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LP, Houston, TX, James L. Messenger , Brian J. Wall , Gordon Rees Scully Manspkhani LLP, Shanna M. Boughton , LeClairRyan, Deborah E. Barnard , Michael T. Maroney , Holland & Knight LLP, Traci L. Lovitt , Jones Day, Boston, MA, Peter Condron , Crowell & Moring LLP, Christopher Danley , Joshua B. Frank , Baker Botts LLP, John S. Guttmann , Nessa Horewitch Coppinger , Beveridge & Diamond, PC, Matthew D. Thurlow , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, James Anthony Pardo , Lisa Gerson , McDermott Will & Emery, James D. Herschlein , Glenn J. Pogust , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Daniel M. Krainin , Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., New York, NY, Erika M. Anderson , James F. Bennett , Kelly J.H. Murrie , Dowd Bennett LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

The State of Rhode Island brings this case against various oil and chemical companies alleging that they collectively caused the widespread contamination of the State's waters by a hazardous gasoline additive — methyl tertiary butyl ether ("MTBE"). Defendants...

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