| As Pennsylvania Sues Exxon
and BP Oil Companies Say No One In PA Hurt By
MTBE
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 28 – The state or
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
is suing Exxon, BP, Chevron,
Citgo (Venezuela), Conoco,
Duke, Getty, Gulf, Lukoil,
Phillips 66, Shell, Texaco,
and Cumberland Farms.
On May 28 Inner
City Press covered a
conference before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District Of York
Magistrate Judge Debra
Freeman.
Judge Freeman said, It's a
long docket. (She starts
reading from 2016 motions.
White shoe law
firms representing the oil
companies in the case include
King & Spalding, which in
full disclosure Inner City
Press has covered in
connection with Turkey's
Halkbank, Stroock, and Ballard
Spahr, along others.
The
companies' lawyers soon were
mocking the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for wanting to
test all water wells for MTBE,
saying Pennsylvania doesn't
point to anyone actually
injured.
Judge Freeman
said she will not agree to
strike any pleadings - that
would be up to District Judge
Broderick - and that while she
could impose discovery
sanctions, she won't, this
should be addressed on the
merits. She notes discovery is
delayed by Covid-19 in many
cases.
Judge
Freman told the parties if
they want her to review
disputed discovery documents
"in camera," don't fax them -
they'll just sit in unused
chambers. She arranged other
ways to get them.
The case is
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et
al., 14-cv-6228 (Broderick /
Freeman).
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