Legal Opinion
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. v. Factory Mutual Insurance
District Court, D. North Dakota
Decided August 20, 2010No. 1:09-cv-034PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE MOTIONS TO COMPEL
CHARLES S. MILLER, JR., United States Magistrate Judge.
Before the court are motions to compel discovery by plaintiff Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company (“WBI”) and defendant Factory Mutual Insurance Company (“Factory Mutual”).
I. INTRODUCTION
WBI is a producer and transporter of natural gas. It maintains its principal place of business in Bismarck, North Dakota and is an affiliate of MDU Resource Group, Inc. (“MDU”), which is also headquartered in Bismarck. Since approximately the late 1940’s, WBI has been storing natural gas in the Elk Basin Storage Reservoir…
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