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WILLIAMS PIPE LINE CO. v. CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW

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

651 F.Supp. 544 (1986)

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 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.

August 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Tom Foley, Co. Atty., and by Michele L. Timmons, Chief, Civ. Div., and by Beth Sullivan and David MacMillan, Assts., St. Paul, Minn., for Ramsey County.

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

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

On July 8, 1986, a portion of a petroleum pipeline owned by Williams Pipeline Company (Williams) failed. An explosion and fire killed two people and badly injured another in Mounds View, a city located in Ramsey County, Minnesota. The accident also caused property damage. In the weeks since the explosion, the parties to these actions and others have disputed how, when and whether the pipeline should be tested and restarted.

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