Judge Refuses To Conduct ‘Autopsy’ Of Settlement Over Pipeline Spill

(September 8, 2017, 10:31 AM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge in Utah on Sept. 6 granted a motion for partial summary judgment filed by Pacificorp, doing business as Rocky Mountain Power, that precludes Chevron Pipeline Co. (CPL) from obtaining a portion of a settlement it paid to homeowners affected by a 2010 oil spill, finding that such relief would require the judge to perform an “autopsy” of the settlement (Chevron Pipeline Company v. Pacificorp, No. 12-CV-287, D. Utah, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144260)....

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