Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v BNSF Railway Company
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June 23, 2017
BNSF Seeks Clarity On Order In Tribe's Oil-Shipping Suit
BNSF Railway Co. on Thursday asked a Washington federal judge to clarify a recent order disposing of one of the railroad's defenses in a dispute over the right to ship crude oil across a Native American tribe's land, saying the order could be read as more expansive than intended.
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June 09, 2017
Washington Tribe Wins Limit To BNSF Oil Shipping
A Washington federal judge on Thursday gave a state tribal community a favorable ruling in a dispute with BNSF Railway Co. over the right to transport large quantities of crude oil across tribal land, saying that the district court erred when it previously decided it had no power to enforce the parties' right-of-way agreement.
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February 13, 2017
Wash. Tribe Insists Court Can Limit BNSF Oil Shipping
A Washington state tribal community on Friday continued pressing for a new ruling in a dispute with BNSF Railway Co. over the right to transport large quantities of crude oil across tribal land, challenging the "assumptions" behind the court's decision that it had no power to enforce the parties' right-of-way agreement.
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February 08, 2017
BNSF Asks Court To Stay Firm In Swinomish Oil Shipping Row
BNSF Railway Co. urged a Washington federal judge Tuesday to reject the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's bid for the reconsideration of a ruling that held the railroad breached a right-of-way easement agreement with the tribe but that the tribe must ask a different forum to limit the railroad's activity.
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January 30, 2017
Swinomish Seek Redo In Oil Shipping Row With Railroad
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community asked a federal judge in Washington state Friday to reconsider his ruling that BNSF Railway Co. breached a right-of-way easement agreement with the tribe but that the Swinomish must ask a different forum to limit the railroad's activity.
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January 17, 2017
Tribe Gets Partial Win In BNSF Oil Haul Spat
A Washington federal judge concluded Friday that BNSF Railway Co. breached a right-of-way easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community by increasing crude oil shipments across reservation land, but that the tribe must ask a different forum to limit the railroad company's activity.
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November 16, 2016
Rail Regulator Won't Step Into Tribe, BNSF Oil Haul Spat
The Surface Transportation Board refused Wednesday to insert itself into a rail service dispute related to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's ongoing federal suit alleging BNSF Railway Co. is violating a right-of-way easement agreement by hauling more-than-expected crude oil shipments across the tribe’s Washington reservation.
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September 14, 2016
BNSF Gets Partial Win On Atty Docs In Tribe's Rail Suit
A Washington state tribe opened itself up to discovery of a former in-house counsel's memorandum, but not of all the attorney-client documents BNSF Railway Co. seeks in a suit alleging it ships more crude oil across reservation land than an easement allows, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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September 06, 2016
BNSF Railway Looks To Dodge Tribal Crude Oil Haulage Suit
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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August 25, 2016
Tribe Blasts BNSF's Defense Of Crude Shipments
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community on Wednesday blasted the contention that BNSF Railway Co.'s increasing shipments of crude oil across reservation land do not breach a right-of-way easement agreement with the tribe or constitute trespass.