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

Filing 4242

CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF CONDITIONAL MDL TRANSFER IN ORDER FROM THE MDL PANEL (CTO-45) transferring this action from the United States District Court - that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1407, the actions listed on the attached schedule A and pending in the District of Louisiana and the same hereby are, transferred to the Southern District of New York, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Judge Shira Ann Scheindlin, for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with the actions pending in that district and listed on Schedule A. (Signed by MDL Panel on 7/28/2015) (sjo) (sjo)

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UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL

on
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

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

MDL No. 1358

(SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE)

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO -45)

On October 10, 2000, the Panel transferred 2 civil action(s) to the United States District Court for
the Southern District ofNew York for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 1407. See Unpublished (J.P.M.L. 2000). Since that time, 170 additional action(s) have
been transferred to the Southern District of New York. With the consent of that court, all such
actions have been assigned to the Honorable Shira Ann Scheindlin.
It appears that the action(s) on this conditional transfer order involve questions of fact that are
common to the actions previously transferred to the Southern District ofNew York and assigned to
Judge Scheindlin.

Pursuant to Rule 7.1 ofthe Rules of Procedure ofthe United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict
Liti~ation, the action(s) on the attached schedule are transferred under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to the
Southern District ofNew York for the reasons stated in the order of October 10,2000, and, with the
consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Shira Ann Scheindlin.
This order does not become effective until it is filed in the Office ofthe Clerk ofthe United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York. The transmittal of this order to said Clerk shall
be stayed 7 days from the entry thereof. If any party files a notice of opposition with the Clerk of the
Panel within this 7-day period, the stay will be continued until further order of the Panel.
Inasmuch as no objection is
pending at this time, the
stay is lifted.

Jul28,2015
CLERK'S OFFICE
UNITED STATES
JUDICIAL PANEL ON
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

FOR THE PANEL:

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Jeffery N. LUthi
Clerk of the Panel

A CERTIFIED COPY
RUBY J. KRAJICK, CLERK

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Deputy

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

MDL No. 1358

SCHEDULE CT0-45- TAG-ALONG ACTIONS

C.A.NO.

CASE CAPTION

15-01959

City of Breaux Bridge v. A ion Refining Krotz Springs
Inc, eta!

LOUISIANA WESTERN
LAW

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