STATE LANDS COM. v. PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.

No. B295632.

57 Cal.App.5th 582 (2020)

STATE LANDS COMMISSION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

As modified November 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Diane S. Shaw , Assistant Attorney General, Brian D. Wesley and Matthew C. Heyn , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant California State Lands Commission.

Robins Kaplan, David C. Veis , Jason R. Fair and Glenn A. Danas for Plaintiff and Appellant Aspen American Insurance Company.

Baker Marquart, Jaime W. Marquart , Brian E. Klein and Shane Pennington for Venoco as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Fell, Marking, Abkin, Montgomery, Granet & Raney, Craig S. Granet ; Munger, Tolles & Olson, Henry Weissmann , Fred A. Rowley, Jr. , Daniel B. Levin and Aaron D. Pennekamp for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

Because of a company's negligence, its pipeline carrying oil burst. The company was unable to transport oil from land it leased from the state, depriving the state of royalty income and damaging its property.

The pipeline company has been designated a public utility. Under the circumstances here,...

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