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PLATTE PIPE LINE CO. v. U.S.

No. 85-2380.

846 F.2d 610 (1988)

PLATTE PIPE LINE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Willwood Irrigation District, a Wyoming corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Connor, Marathon Oil Co., Casper, Wyo. (Patrick Dixon, Murane & Bostwick, Casper, Wyo., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert L. Klarquist, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Richard Aldrich, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Billings, Mont., F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Richard A. Stacy, U.S. Atty., Francis Leland Pico, Asst. U.S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo., and Julie A. Weisman and Ellen J. Durkee, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before ANDERSON, McWILLIAMS and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves jurisdictional questions pertaining to plaintiff-appellant Platte Pipe Line Company's (Platte) action to recover cleanup costs and other expenses incurred in the aftermath of an oil spill. Platte is a common carrier engaged in the transportation of crude oil by pipeline between Big Horn Basin, Wyoming and Wood River, Illinois. On August 2, 1982, approximately 3,880 gallons of fuel leaked from the pipeline in Big Horn County...

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