District Court, D. Maryland January 12, 2012, Civil WDQ-11-3442 (Ackerman v. ExxonMobil Corp.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILLIAM D. QUARLES, JR., District Judge.

Kenneth Ackerman and others

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(the “Plaintiffs” or the “Ackerman Plaintiffs”) sued ExxonMobil Corporation (“Exxon”) and John R. Hicks (collectively the “Defen

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dants”) in the Circuit Court for Harford County, for gasoline contamination of their properties. The Defendants removed the case to this Court.