BNSF Railway Looks To Dodge Tribal Crude Oil Haulage Suit

By Adam Lidgett (September 6, 2016, 4:41 PM EDT) -- BNSF Railway Co. told a federal judge on Friday that it didn't breach its right-of-way easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community by increasing shipments of crude oil across its reservation land, saying the agreement doesn't give the tribe authority to require the rail company to violate its common carrier obligations....

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