10th Circuit: Pipeline Companies Trespassed, But Injunction Was Wrong

Mealey's (January 11, 2019, 12:04 PM EST) -- DENVER — Indian property owners deserve summary judgment that pipeline companies are liable for trespass, but they are not entitled to an order forcing the companies to remove the offending pipeline without an analysis of the equities under federal law, a slightly divided 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Jan. 10 (Marcia W. Davilla, et al. v. Enable Midstream Partners, L.P., et al., No. 17-6088, 10th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 877)....