U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation

Decided April 20, 2005. Shira A. Scheindlin wrote the opinion for the court.

379 F. Supp. 2d 348 · Cited 64 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories · 607 P.2d 924
Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 73 N.Y.2d 487
Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. · 534 U.S. 506
Mulcahy v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 386 N.W.2d 67
Smith v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 560 N.E.2d 324
Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
Conley v. Boyle Drug Co. · 570 So. 2d 275
Martin v. Abbott Laboratories · 689 P.2d 368
Ravo v. Rogatnick · 70 N.Y.2d 305
Simoneau v. South Bend Lathe, Inc. · 130 N.H. 466
Thibault v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 118 N.H. 802
McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp. · 720 N.E.2d 242
Abel v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 343 N.W.2d 164
Collins v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 342 N.W.2d 37
Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc. · 345 F. Supp. 353
Skipworth v. Lead Industries Ass'n, Inc. · 690 A.2d 169
Sharp v. Wyatt, Inc. · 31 Conn. App. 824
Opinion · 175 F. Supp. 2d 593
State of New York v. Green · 754 N.E.2d 179
McCormack v. Abbott Laboratories · 617 F. Supp. 1521
E.Z. Gas, Inc. v. Hydrocarbon Transportation, Inc. · 471 N.E.2d 316
Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630
Wright v. Brooke Group Ltd. · 652 N.W.2d 159
Roberts v. General Motors Corp. · 138 N.H. 532
Shackil v. Lederle Laboratories · 561 A.2d 511

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