Legal Opinion
Rudy Webb v. Exxon Mobil Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 11, 2017No. 15-2879PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Approximately seventy years ago, a pipeline company entered into a series of easement contracts with landowners in Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri for the purpose of constructing a pipeline that would transport oil from Texas to Illinois. Decades later, the successors-in-interest of those easement contracts brought this suit against the pipeline’s current owners and operators, alleging the defendants have breached their easement contracts by failing to reasonably operate, maintain, and repair the pipeline. This lawsuit seeks rescission of their easements and the…
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