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U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
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Case Updates
U.S. District Court for the District of Maine grants summary judgment against pipeline company on Commerce Clause challenges to municipal ordinance prohibiting oil exports
August 24, 2018
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Federal district court grants in part and denies in part motions for summary judgment
December 29, 2017
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Federal district court denies motion to dismiss
August 24, 2017
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U.S. Chamber files amicus brief supporting challenge to municipal ordinance that blocks pipeline and violates Commerce Clause
January 09, 2017
The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in a case involving a municipal ordinance designed to prohibit a pipeline company from distributing Canadian oil sands-derived oil through the pipeline for offloading and export from the local port. The brief argued that the ordinance violates the Commerce Clause and is preempted by federal pipeline safety regulations.
Patrick Strawbridge and Cameron T. Norris of Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC served as counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Order and Judment -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf
- Complaint -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf
- Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf
- Opposition to Chamber's MLF -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf
- Reply ISO Chamber's MLF -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf
- Order on Amicus Briefs -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf
- Order on Motion to Dismiss -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf
- Order on Motions for Summary Judgment -- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of Portland (USDC - District of Maine).pdf