Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down part of a petroleum pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac belongs in state court, a federal appellate panel ruled Monday. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down part of a petroleum pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac belongs in state court, a federal appellate panel ruled Monday. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down part of a petroleum pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac belongs in state court, a federal appellate panel ruled Monday.
The pipeline’s operator, Enbridge Inc., moved the case from state court to federal court more than two years past the deadline for changing jurisdictions. A three-judge panel from the 6th U.
S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Enbridge clearly missed the deadline and ordered the case remanded to state court. Enbridge spokesperson Ryan Duffy didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Nessel filed the lawsuit in June 2019 seeking to void a 1953 easement that enables Enbridge to operate a 4.5-mile (6.4-kilometer) section of Line 5 beneath the straits, which link Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Concerns over the section rupturing and causing a catastrophic spill have been growing since 2017, when Enbridge engi.
