MARYLAND v. EXXON MOBIL CORP.

Civil Case No. 1:18-cv-0459-SAG.

569 F.Supp.3d 273 (2021)

State of MARYLAND, Plaintiff, v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

Signed November 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Dean Snyder , Brian E. Frosh , Matthew Spencer Zimmerman , Julie Beth Kuspa , Office of the Attorney General, Division, Baltimore, MD, Scott E. Kauff , Law Offices of John K. Dema, P.C., Rockville, MD, Derek Yoshio Sugimura , Law Offices of John K. Dema, Alexandria, VA, James Crooks , Pro Hac Vice, Law Offices of John K. Dema PC, New York, NY, John K. Dema , Pro Hac Vice, Law Offices of John K. Dema PC, Christiansted, VI, Michael Axline , Pro Hac Vice, Miller and Axline PC, Sacramento, CA, Peter R. Kahana , Pro Hac Vice, Tyler E. Wren , Pro Hac Vice, Yechiel Michael Twersky , Pro Hac Vice, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff.

Ava E. Lias Booker , Melissa O. Martinez , McGuireWoods LLP, Baltimore, MD, James Pardo , Pro Hac Vice, Lisa Gerson , Pro Hac Vice, McDermott Will and Emery LLP, New York, NY, Candace Ali Blydenburgh , Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Paul Harmon , Pro Hac Vice, McGuire-Woods LLP, Richmond, VA, Carlos Bollar , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel R. Farino , Pro Hac Vice, Archer & Greiner P.C., Haddonfield, NJ, James Franklin Sanders , Pro Hac Vice, Nathan Sanders , Pro Hac Vice, Neal and Harwell PLC, Nashville, TN, for Defendants Exxon Mobil Corporation, Exxon-Mobile Oil Corporation, Mobile Corporation.

Caleb J. Holmes , Pro Hac Vice, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Dawn Allison Ellison , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants Apex Oil Company, Inc., Sheetz, Inc., Transmontaigne Product Services, LLC, Wawa, Inc.

John Bucher Isbister , William W. Carrier, III , Tydings and Rosenberg LLP, Baltimore, MD, Amanda A. Jacobowski , Pro Hac Vice, Anne J. Hudson , Pro Hac Vice, Erin M. Reynolds , Pro Hac Vice, J. Andrew Langan , Pro Hac Vice, Thomas James Leahy , Pro Mac Vice, Andrew R. Running , Pro Hac Vice, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants Atlantic Richfield Company, BP America Inc.

William W. Carrier, III , John Bucher Isbister , Tydings and Rosenberg LLP, Baltimore, MD, Amanda A. Jacobowski , Pro Hac Vice, Anne J. Hudson , Pro Hac Vice, J. Andrew Langan , Pro Hac Vice, Thomas James Leahy , Pro Hac Vice, Andrew R. Running , Pro Hac Vice, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants BP Amoco Chemical Company, BP Corporation North America Inc., BP Products North America Inc.

Daniel C. Sale , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, Charles Correll , Pro Hac Vice, King and Spalding LLP, San Francisco, CA, James J. Maher , Pro Mac Vice, Jeremiah J. Anderson , Pro Hac Vice, King and Spalding LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendants Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Texaco Inc., TRMI-H LLC.

Joseph William Hovermill , Alexander Peter Creticos , Joseph Lanham Beavers , Miles and Stockbridge PC, Baltimore, MD, Lisa S. Meyer , Pro Hac Vice, Nathan P. Eimer , Pro Hac Vice, Pamela R. Hanebutt , Pro Hac Vice, Susan M. Razzano , Pro Hac Vice, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants CITGO Petroleum Corporation, CITGO Refining and Chemicals Company L.P.

Jessica G. Farley , Pro Hac Vice, Stephen C. Dillard , Pro Hac Vice, Norton Rose Fulbright , Houston, TX, Katherine Carol Ondeck , Matthew R. Thurlow , Pro Hac Vice, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants ConocoPhillips Company, ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66 Company.

Ashley Moore Drake , Pro Hac Vice, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, Chad W. Higgins , Pro Hac Vice, Bernstein Shur , Portland, ME, Mark E. Tully , Pro Hac Vice, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, Tierney Smith , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., DC, for Defendants Cumberland Farms, Inc., Gulf Oil Limited Partnership.

James R. Wedeking , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Duke Energy Merchants, LLC.

Brian A. Scotti , Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, Alexandria, VA, James Messenger , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendants El Paso Merchant Energy-Petroleum Company, Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., Kinder Morgan Operating L.P. A, Kinder Morgan Transmix Company, LLC.

John S. Guttmann , Daniel A. Eisenberg , Hilary Tess Jacobs , Beveridge and Diamond PC, Washington, DC, Daniel M. Krainin , Pro Hac Vice, Beverage and Diamond PC, New York, NY, for Defendants Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., ETP Holdco Corporation, Sunoco, Inc.

Peter C. Condron , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants Equilon Enterprises LLC, Motiva Enterprises LLC, Shell Oil Company, Shell Oil Products Company LLC, Shell Trading (US) Company, TMR Company.

Daniel J. Donovan , Priscilla Alden Donovan , Donovan and Rainie LLC, Baltimore, MD, Ira Brad Matetsky , Pro Hac Vice, Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant George E. Warren Corporation.

John C. McMeekin, II , Pro Hac Vice, Susan M. Dean , Pro Hac Vice, Rawle and Henderson LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Michael Alan Brown , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scaborough LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant Getty Properties Corporation.

Martin John Amundson , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Washington, DC, Michael D. Hall , Pro Hac Vice, Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney PC, Newark, NJ, Stephen Riccardulli , Pro Hac Vice, Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney PC, New York, NY, for Defendant Guttman Energy, Inc.

Ezra Gollogly , Emily Ruth Greene , Justin Aldhiko Redd , Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, MD, David Kahne , Pro Hac Vice, Francis Healy , Pro Hac Vice, Melvin A. Brosterman , Pro Hac Vice, Stroock and Stroock and LaVan LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Hartree Partners, LP.

Christopher Danley , Pro Hac Vice, Joshua Frank , Pro Hac Vice, Martha S. Thomsen , Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants Hess Corporation, Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation, Marathon Oil Corporation, Marathon Petroleum Company LP, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Western Refining Yorktown, Inc.

Alphonse Michael Alfano , Jeffrey Laurence Leiter , Pro Hac Vice, Bassman Mitchell Alfano and Leiter Chtd., Washington, DC, for Defendant Holtzman Oil Corporation.

Lide Evans Paterno , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, Anne M. Evans , Pro Hac Vice, Joseph Lee Sorkin , Pro Hac Vice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Lukoil North America LLC, Lukoil Americas Corporation, Lukoil Pan America, LLC.

Michael D. Goodstein , Ani M. Esenyan , Pro Hac Vice, Anne E. Lynch , Pro Hac Vice, Van Ness Feldman LLP, Washington, DC, Brian L. Zagon , Pro Hac Vice, VanNess Feldman LLP, Lafayette, CA, for Defendant NuStar Terminals Operations Partnership L.P.

Lide Evans Paterno , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant PJSC Lukoil.

Ezra Gollogly , Kramon and Graham PA, Baltimore, MD, Erika M. Anderson , Pro Hac Vice, Meghan E. Ball , Pro Hac Vice, Dowd Bennett LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants The Premcor Refining Group Inc., Premcor USA Inc., Valero Energy Corporation, Valero Marketing and Supply Company, Valero Refining and Marketing Company.

Courtney Jones Kieffer , Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth F. Griffin , Pro Hac Vice, Clark Hill PLC, Michael Andrew Walsh , Parsons McEntire McCleary PLLC, Dallas, TX, for Defendant 7-Eleven, Inc.

John S. Guttrnann , Daniel A. Eisenberg , Hilary Tess Jacobs , Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, for Defendants Sunoco, Inc. (R&M), Sunoco Partners Marketing Sr Terminals L.P., Sun Company, Inc.

Christopher H. Domingo , Pro Hac Vice, Diane Myers , Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, Houston, TX, Daniella Adar Einik , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Traci Lovitt , Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, Boston, MA, for Defendant TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

The State of Maryland ("State" or "Maryland") filed a Complaint against approximately sixty-five defendant manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of gasoline seeking to redress the alleged contamination of its waters with methyl tertiary...

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