United States Ninth Circuit
Olympic Pipe Line Co. v. City of Seattle, 04-35307
Summary judgment for plaintiff, a hazardous liquid pipeline operator, pursuant to a determination that defendant municipality-s regulatory efforts were preempted by the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act is affirmed over defendant's claims of error regarding issues of preemption, waiver, and public policy.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/14/2005
- Decided 02/08/2006
- Published 02/08/2006
Judges
- GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before: PREGERSON, GRABER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kevin Hawley, Lima, OH, for the amicus.
- For Appellees:
- William H. Patton, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellant., G. Val Tollefson and Katherine Kennedy, Danielson Harrigan Leyh & Tollefson LLP, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee.