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WILLIAMS PIPE LINE CO. v. MOUNDS VIEW, MINN.

Civ. Nos. 4-86-648, 4-86-651 and 4-86-656.

651 F.Supp. 551 (1987)

WILLIAMS PIPE LINE CO., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW, MINNESOTA, an incorporated municipality, Jerome W. Linke, its Mayor, Donald F. Pauley, its Clerk-Administrator, Barbara A. Haake, Susan Hankner, Phyllis I. Blanchard, and Gary C. Quick, members of the Mounds View City Council, Defendants. COUNTY OF RAMSEY, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAMS PIPE LINE COMPANY, Defendant. CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAMS PIPE LINE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

January 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Flynn, and Lawrence E. Meuwissen, O'Connor & Hannan, Minneapolis, Minn., and Mark K. Blongewicz, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Collingsworth & Nelson, Tulsa, Okl., for Williams Pipe Line.

Michele L. Timmons, Chief, Civ. Div., Ramsey County Attorney's Office, St. Paul, Minn., Ramsey County.

Richard Meyers, and Eric W. Valen, St. Paul, Minn., for City of Mounds View.

Alan R. Mitchell, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., for amicus curiae State of Minn.

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

On July 8, 1986, a portion of a petroleum pipeline owned by Williams Pipe Line Company (Williams) failed. A resulting explosion and fire killed two people and badly injured a third. The accident also caused property and environmental damage. These related law suits are only part of ongoing proceedings relating to the accident and operation of the pipeline.

By order dated August 22, 1986, 651 F.Supp. 544

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