City of Birmingham, et al v. Plains All American Pipeline,, et al

  1. July 16, 2019

    5th Circ. Won't Revive Investors' Suit Over Calif. Oil Spill

    Optimistic and "aspirational" statements by Plains All American Pipeline LP about the condition of a California pipeline that broke in 2015 and caused an oil spill aren't enough to revive a shareholder lawsuit accusing the company of being misleading, the Fifth Circuit said Tuesday.

  2. September 11, 2018

    Plains Investors Can't Show They Were Misled, 5th Circ. Hears

    Plains All American Pipeline LP, days after a jury found it criminally liable for a 2015 oil spill, has told the Fifth Circuit it should uphold a Texas district court's dismissal of a shareholder suit stemming from the same incident because the investors didn't prove it intended to mislead them about the pipeline's condition.