Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v BNSF Railway Company
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April 30, 2018
BNSF Pushes For Appeal In Wash. Tribe's Right-Of-Way Suit
The BNSF Railway Co. reiterated its request for a mid-suit appeal of a decision in favor of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in a dispute over shipping crude oil across reservation land, saying Friday that there was "no good reason" to wait longer before going to the Ninth Circuit.
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April 20, 2018
Tribe Opposes Railroad's Appeal Bid In Right-Of-Way Suit
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community urged a Washington federal judge Thursday not to permit an appeal of his rulings in favor of the tribe in its suit alleging BNSF Railway Co. shipped crude oil across reservation land in violation of an agreement, saying the railroad is merely trying to prolong the case.
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March 30, 2018
BNSF Asks To Appeal In Wash. Tribe's Right-Of-Way Suit
BNSF Railway Co. urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to certify his rulings in favor of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in their suit alleging the railroad shipped crude oil across reservation land in violation of an agreement, saying the company wants to appeal the decisions to the Ninth Circuit.
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March 15, 2018
BNSF Can't Derail Ruling In Wash. Tribe's Right-Of-Way Suit
A Washington federal judge Thursday rejected BNSF Railway Co.'s attempt to call into question a tribe's ownership of land on which a disputed railroad runs after losing its argument that the latter's claims that its increased crude oil shipments breach a right-of-way easement agreement are preempted.
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August 15, 2017
Wash. Tribe Blasts BNSF's Rethink Bid In Oil-Shipping Row
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community urged a Washington federal judge Monday to deny BNSF Railway Co.'s request to clarify a June ruling in favor of the tribe in a dispute over whether the railroad shipped crude oil across reservation land in violation of an agreement.
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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.