C&C Properties, Inc. v. Shell Pipeline Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA § C&C PROPERTIES, INC., et al., § § Plaintiffs, § v. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:14-cv-1889-LHR- § CDB SHELL PIPELINE COMPANY, et al., § § Defendants. § § § MEMORANDUM AND ORDER C&C Properties, Inc. purchased land for commercial development, without knowing that Shell Pipeline Company, Alon Bakersfield Property, Inc., and Paramount Petroleum Corporation had oil and gas pipelines underneath the land. The pipelines prevented C&C from developing the land as intended for over two years, until the defendants moved the pipelines.…