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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Shell Oil Co.
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1:07-cv-10470
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- Baker Botts
- Baron & Budd
- Beveridge & Diamond
- Bowman & Brooke
- Clark Hill
- Dema Law
- Eimer Stahl
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Fried Frank
- Greenberg Traurig
- Holland & Knight
- Kelley Drye
- King & Spalding
- McConnell Valdes
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McGuireWoods
- Miller Axline
- Mound Cotton
- Norton Rose
- Paul Hastings
- Pietrantoni Mendez
- Rakower Law PLLC
- Sedgwick LLP
- Sepulvado Maldonado
Companies
- Chevron Corp.
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC
- CITGO Petroleum Corp.
- ConocoPhillips Co.
- Hovensa LLC
- LyondellBasell Industries NV
- Motiva Enterprises LLC
- Petrobras
- Shell PLC
- Sunoco LP
- Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd.
- Vitol Inc.
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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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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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October 02, 2015
Judge Sinks Bid To Trim Sites From Puerto Rico MTBE MDL
A New York federal judge refused Thursday to trim three "release sites" from Puerto Rico's suit accusing Shell Oil Co. and others of contaminating its groundwater with a common gasoline additive, saying the defendants hadn't shown that the commonwealth's claims at those sites were time-barred.
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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 01, 2015
Puerto Rico Says It Wasn't Given Fair Shot In Pollution Suit
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging Shell Oil Co. and others polluted its groundwater with a gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether to reconsider dropping strict liability and negligence claims.
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June 17, 2015
Oil Giants Duck Claims In Puerto Rico MTBE Pollution Case
A New York federal judge overseeing the commonwealth of Puerto Rico's multidistrict litigation alleging Shell Oil Co. and others polluted its groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether gave the oil giants a win Tuesday, dropping strict liability and negligence claims.
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June 11, 2015
Puerto Rico Drops MTBE Pollution Claims Against Shell
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has backed off an array of claims against Shell Oil Co. in multidistrict litigation alleging the oil giant and others polluted groundwater on the island with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether, according to documents filed Wednesday in New York federal court.
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March 16, 2015
Chevron Can't Toss Claim In Puerto Rico MTBE MDL
A New York federal judge on Monday denied Chevron Puerto Rico LLC's bid for summary judgment over a Texaco site in Ponce, Puerto Rico, rejecting its stance that no evidence supports contamination claims relating to the site in an ongoing suit alleging the oil giant and others polluted groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether.
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February 11, 2015
Shell Unit's Bid To Pare Puerto Rico's MTBE MDL Fails
A New York federal court Tuesday denied a Shell Oil Co. unit's partial summary judgment bid in one of several cases accusing Shell and others of polluting groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether, allowing the commonwealth of Puerto Rico to seek damages as contested cleanup measures continue.
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September 02, 2014
Puerto Rico Can't Change Law To Save MTBE Suit, Judge Says
A New York federal judge refused Friday to revise orders dismissing Vitol SA, Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. and other energy companies from Puerto Rico's suit seeking compensation for alleged groundwater contamination by methyl tert-butyl ether, finding a Puerto Rican law passed in response to the rulings violates the separation of powers.