US supreme court sides with Michigan in its fight to shut down ageing pipeline
The case is part of a messy legal dispute about a section of the Line 5 energy pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel
The supreme court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an ageing pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/us-supreme-court-michigan-energy-pipeline-ruling">Continue reading...Supreme Court rules for Michigan
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