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Litigation

May 26, 2007

Federal Court Sends MTBE Case to California

SAN FRANCISCO - A New York federal appeals court Thursday issued a major jurisdictional ruling that probably means billions of dollars in oil company liability for contamination from a gasoline fuel additive will be decided in California.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - A New York federal appeals court Thursday issued a major jurisdictional ruling that probably means billions of dollars in oil company liability for contamination from a gasoline fuel additive will be decided in California.
      The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously held that two cases, filed by Sacramento County and the st...

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