Williams Pipe Line Co. v. Bayer Corp.

ORDER

BREMER, Chief United States Magistrate Judge.

This case arises from Defendant Bayer Corporation’s (“Bayer”) refusal to allow Plaintiff Williams Pipeline Company (“Williams”) to enter its property to implement Williams’ planned remediation of the environmental contamination on Bayer’s property. The contamination has come from spills and leaks of petroleum hydrocarbons from above-ground storage tanks, and other releases on Williams’ land. Williams seeks a declaratory judgment allowing it access to Bayer’s land to install monitoring and recovery equipment for remediation of Bayer’s property.

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