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Environmental & Energy,
Criminal

Jun. 15, 2018

Judge warns of gag order in oil spill criminal trial

Corrosion, the root cause of the rupture of a pipeline that spilled 142,000 gallons of crude onto the Pacific coast in 2015, was the subject of detailed questioning Thursday in the criminal trial against Plains All American Pipeline.

Judge warns of gag order in oil spill criminal trial
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SANTA BARBARA -- Corrosion, the root cause of the rupture of a pipeline that spilled 142,000 gallons of crude onto the Pacific coast in 2015, was the subject of detailed questioning Thursday in the criminal trial against Plains All American Pipeline.

The deposition-style court session, focused on technical jargon and paperwork, began with Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge James Herman warning everyone in the courtroom he was ...

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