April 26, 2023
Shell Pipeline Co. and California property owners filed dueling rehearing petitions for the Ninth Circuit's ruling that reduced the property owners' $40.9 million jury award in a suit accusing Shell, Paramount Petroleum Corp. and Alon Bakersfield Property Inc. of trespassing with recorded and unrecorded pipeline easements.
April 12, 2023
The Ninth Circuit reduced Tuesday three property owners' $40.6 million jury trial win and scrapped their $862,000 attorney fee award, on claims that pipelines owned by Shell Pipeline Co. and Alon USA Paramount Petroleum Corp. trespassed on their property, sending the case back to the trial judge to recalculate damages.