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In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
Case Number:
1:00-cv-01898
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Ahmad Zavitsanos
- Akin Gump
- Archer & Greiner
- Arnold & Porter
- Baker Botts
- Baron & Budd
- Berger Montague
- Bernstein Shur
- Beveridge & Diamond
- Bingham McCutchen
- Blank Rome
- Bleakley Platt
- Bois & Macdonald
- Boyer Hebert
- Bracewell LLP
- Bryan Cave
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Chapman & Cowherd
- Clark Hill
- Cohen Placitella
- Cohn Lifland
- Cossich Sumich
- Cozen O'Connor
- Crowell & Moring
- Cummins & White
- De Caro & Kaplen
- Dema Law
- Dentons
- DLA Piper
- Dowd Bennett
- Eimer Stahl
- Eisner LLP
- Emmet Marvin
- Ertman Dulis
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Faegre Drinker
- Farrell Fritz
- Fox Smith
- German Rubenstein
- Goodwin Procter
- GordonLaw LLP
- Greenberg Traurig
- Guida Slavich
- Herzfeld & Rubin
- Hogan Lovells
- Holland & Knight
- Hughes Hubbard
- Hunton Andrews
- Jones Day
- Kasowitz Benson
- King & Spalding
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Lane & Waterman
- Latham & Watkins
- Lewis Saul & Associates
- Lieberman Blecher
- Lieff Cabraser
- Lippes Mathias
- London Fischer
- Mandelbaum Barrett
- Marshall Dennehey
- McConnell Valdes
- McCormick & Priore
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McGuireWoods
- Milber Makris
- Miller Axline
- Morgan Lewis
- Nixon Peabody
- Norton Rose
- Parker Poe
- Paul Hastings
- Phillips Lytle
- Porter Scott
- Porzio Bromberg
- Quinn Emanuel
- Rapport Meyers
- Rawle & Henderson
- Robinson & Cole
- Rodman Rodman
- Ropes & Gray
- Sedgwick LLP
- Seeger Weiss
- Sher Edling
- Shook Hardy
- SL Environmental Law Group
- Snell & Wilmer
- Spector Gadon
- Squire Patton
- Stark & Keenan
- Steptoe LLP
- Stetler Allen
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Troutman Pepper
- Venable LLP
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- White & Case
- Williams Barrett
- Williams Mullen
- Wood Smith
Companies
- 7-Eleven Inc.
- Andeavor Corp.
- Ashland Inc.
- BP PLC
- Chemtura Corp.
- Chevron Corp.
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC
- Circle K Stores Inc.
- CITGO Petroleum Corp.
- ConocoPhillips Co.
- Crown Central LLC
- Cumberland Farms Inc.
- Duke Energy Corp.
- ENI SpA
- Exxon Mobil Corp.
- Flint Hills Resources LLC
- Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc.
- Gulf Oil Limited Partnership
- Hartree Partners LP
- Hess Corp.
- Huntsman Corp.
- Kinder Morgan Inc.
- Koch Industries Inc.
- LyondellBasell Industries NV
- Marathon Oil Corp.
- Marathon Petroleum Corp.
- Motiva Enterprises LLC
- Murphy Oil Corp.
- Murphy USA Inc.
- NIC Holding Corp.
- OAO Lukoil
- Occidental Petroleum Corp.
- Orange County Water District
- Petro Star Inc.
- Phillips 66
- San Juan Water District
- Shell PLC
- Speedway LLC
- Sunoco LP
- United Refining Co.
- Valero Energy Corp.
- Vitol Inc.
Government Agencies
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June 04, 2021
Attys For NJ Nab $2.5M Fee Award For MTBE MDL Deals
A New York federal judge has granted almost $2.5 million in fees for attorneys who helped secure more than $16.3 million in settlements to resolve claims that a TotalEnergies unit and others contributed to gasoline additive contamination in New Jersey drinking water.
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January 24, 2019
BP To Pay Calif. Water District $14M To End MTBE Suit
BP subsidiaries told a California federal court they will pay $14 million to resolve claims that a gasoline additive contaminated California drinking water, and also disclosed that Exxon Mobil and Shell have agreed to make a joint $12.5 million payment in the case.
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September 14, 2017
Trammo Off The Hook For Good In Puerto Rico's MTBE MDL
A New York federal judge on Wednesday tossed claims against Trammo Petroleum Inc. brought by Puerto Rico in multidistrict litigation alleging gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether contaminated the territory's waters.
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April 18, 2016
Puerto Rico Gets Trammo Back On The Hook In MTBE MDL
A New York federal judge on Friday revived Puerto Rico's pollution claims against Trammo Petroleum Inc. in multidistrict litigation over contamination from gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether, saying new evidence defeated the company's claim that it was targeted in "a case of mistaken identity."
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December 02, 2015
BP, Shell's Exit From Tainted Water Case Headed To 2nd Circ.
A New York federal judge cleared the way Tuesday for an immediate appeal to the Second Circuit of rulings that freed BP and Shell from claims by a California water district that they, along with a host of others, tainted Orange County's water supply with their use of a gasoline additive.
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November 04, 2015
Chevron, Others Can't Dodge Puerto Rico's MTBE Suit
A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid by dozens of oil and gas companies to escape Puerto Rico's lawsuit that alleges they contaminated its groundwater with the common gasoline additive methyl-tertiary butyl ether.
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October 19, 2015
Duke Energy To Pay NJ $1.7M For Water Contamination
Duke Energy Merchants LLC has agreed to pay $1.7 million to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to settle the state's lawsuit over water contamination caused by the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether, according to a notice in the New Jersey Register on Monday.
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October 16, 2015
Esso Says Puerto Rico's MTBE Pollution Claims Are Too Late
Esso Standard Oil Co. Puerto Rico insisted Thursday that in refusing to cut a "release site" from Puerto Rico's suit over groundwater allegedly contaminated with methyl-tertiary butyl ether, a New York federal judge had overlooked proof the claims at the site came too late.
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August 20, 2015
Defective Design Claims Get 2nd Try In Puerto Rico MTBE MDL
A New York federal judge changed course Wednesday in Puerto Rico's suit accusing Shell Oil Co. and others of contaminating its groundwater with a common gasoline additive, saying she had overlooked important evidence in her previous decision dismissing claims that the additive-laced gasoline was defectively designed.
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July 06, 2015
Gasoline Refiners Escape Pa. Water Contamination Claims
A New York federal judge has dismissed three counts against a group of gasoline refiners, distributors and others that Pennsylvania has accused of groundwater contamination, saying they didn't own the release sites and that the state doesn't exclusively control the groundwater.