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Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

  • BNSF Railway has been ordered to pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state for intentionally trespassing with 100-car crude oil trains across their reservation.
  • U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik ruled last year that BNSF violated a 1991 easement with the Swinomish Tribe by exceeding the allowed number of cars per day.
  • The Swinomish Tribe sued BNSF in 2015 for unauthorized increases in train cars transporting crude oil across their reservation from North Dakota.
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Rail firm must pay Native American tribe $400m for illegal crude oil trains

Judge orders BNSF to pay Swinomish Tribe for trespassing with dangerous cargo across tribal land of Washington state

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The IndependentThe Independent

Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

A federal judge has ruled that BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state

9 days ago·London, United Kingdom
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Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

A federal judge has ruled that BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik ruled Monday that the

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Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

A federal judge has ruled that BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state

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Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to the Swinomish Tribe for repeatedly running 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation.

9 days ago·Atlanta, United States
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Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered BNSF Railway to pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across its reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled last year that the the railway deliberately violated the terms of a 1991 easement with the Swinomish Tribe north of Seattle th…

9 days ago·Colorado Springs, United States
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