|
Judge orders railway company to pay Native American tribe astonishing sum for 'trespassing' on land
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] BNSF was ordered to pay the Swinomish tribe nearly $400 million.More penalties for big oil. US District Judge Robert Lasnik ordered BNSF Railway to turn over the astonishing sum of cash on Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed on the Swinomish Tribe's reservation north of Seattle when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the land. By doing so, the railway deliberately violated a 1991 easement with the tribe that allows trains to carry no more than 25 cars per day, Lasnik initially ruled last year Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-19 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=701759 |