Scores of Baltimore County families are scheduled to launch their case in court this morning against ExxonMobil for a 25,000-gallon gasoline leak at a Jacksonville fuel station.

Lawyers for ExxonMobil Corp. and hundreds of Jacksonville residents collectively known as the Alban plaintiffs will offer opening arguments in Baltimore County Circuit Court today, they said. Residents are seeking $1 billion in damages from the February 2006 spill — when officials estimated 675 gallons of fuel leaked every day for 37 days from an underwater storage tank.

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