In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation

Filing 3786

ORDER: The briefing schedule and page limits for the summary judgment motions discussed at the August 19 Conference are set below. The following four motions are to be consolidated into one motion (and set of briefs): (1) Chevron/Kewanee Motion on Certain Trial Sites; (2) Getty Properties Corp.'s Motion on HP Delta Trial Site; (3) BP Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment; and (4) Exxon Mobil's Motion on APCO Trial Site. The opening brief for this consolidated motion is due October 15, 2013 and not to exceed fifty pages; the opposition brief is due November 30, 2013, and not to exceed fifty pages; the reply brief is due December 15, 2013, and not to exceed twenty pages. The three proposed motions of third-party plaintiff/defendants pertaining to the H.P. Delta Trial Site are stayed pending the resolution of Getty Properties' motion pertaining to that Site. (Motions due by 10/15/2013., Responses due by 11/30/2013, Replies due by 12/15/2013.) (Signed by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin on 8/22/2013) (rsh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

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IN RE: METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL
ETHER ("MTBE") PRODUCTS
LIABILITY LITIGATION

ORDER
Master File No.1 :00-1898
lVIDL 1358 (SAS)
M21-88

This document relates to:
New Jersey Department ofEnvironmental
Protection, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et
ai., No. 08 Civ. 312 (SAS)

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SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, U.S.D.J.:

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The briefing schedule and page limits for the summary jUdgment
motions discussed at the August 19 Conference are set below.

Motion

Opening Brief
(Page Limit)

Opposition Brief
(Page Limit)

Reply Brief
(Page Limit)

Ratification

10/1/2013 (25)

11/1/2013 (25)

11115/2013 (10)

Nuisance And
Trespass

10/112013 (25)

11/1/2013 (25)

11115/2013 (10)

Chevron

Defendants'

Motion re: Prior

Settlement

10/112013 (5)

1111/2013 (5)

11115/2013 (2)

11/1/2013 (15)

1111512013 (5)

Shell Defendants'

Motion re:
101112013 (15)
Ridgewood Site

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The following four motions are to be consolidated into one motion
(and set of briefs): (1) Chevron/Kewanee Motion on Certain Trial Sites; (2) Getty
Properties Corp.'s Motion on HP Delta Trial Site; (3) BP Defendants' Motion for
Summary Judgment; and (4) Exxon Mobil's Motion on APCO Trial Site. The
opening brief for this consolidated motion is due October 15, 2013 and not to
exceed fifty pages; the opposition brief is due November 30, 2013, and not to
exceed fifty pages; the reply brief is due December 15,2013, and not to exceed
twenty pages.
The three proposed motions of third-party plaintiff/defendants
pertaining to the H.P. Delta Trial Site are stayed pending the resolution of Getty
Properties' motion pertaining to that Site.

SO ORDERED:

Dated:

New York, New York
August 22, 2013