ELR Citation: ELR 20228
No(s). 00 Civ. 1898 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y. Aug 20, 2001)

The court denies most of oil companies' motions to dismiss in a class action suit brought by individual well owners claiming that the companies knowingly caused methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination of their groundwater. The court first holds that the claims of several of the class partic...