Jury convicts on 1 felony out of 3 in oil spill trial

A Santa Barbara County jury found guilty on one felony and eight misdemeanors Friday in connection with the Plains All American Pipeline oil spill on Refugio State Beach in 2015.

A Santa Barbara County jury found a pipeline company guilty on one felony and eight misdemeanors Friday in connection with a 2015 oil spill on Refugio State Beach.

The jury hung on two other felonies and one misdemeanor against Plains All American Pipeline.

Originally facing 46 counts, a defense team from Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg & Rhow PC; Munger, Tolles & Olson ...

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