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Courts & Crime By Margaux Lovely | Tue Sep 17, 2024 | 1:05pm

‘Frankly Extraordinary’: Santa Barbara Judge Reacts After Plains and Venoco Reach Settlement for Undisclosed Amount

After eight years of winding its way through federal and county courtrooms, the lawsuit over Plains’ role in Venoco’s bankruptcy abruptly ends midway through jury trial.

Courts & Crime By Margaux Lovely | Wed Sep 11, 2024 | 2:11pm

‘Venoco v. Plains Pipeline’ Returns to Santa Barbara Superior Court

A jury trial is underway for a lawsuit between the oil giant that caused the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill and the oil company bankrupted by it.

Courts & Crime By Margaux Lovely | Fri Aug 16, 2024 | 1:41pm

Sable Takes Santa Barbara’s Environmental Defense Center, State Fish and Wildlife to Court over Public Records Request

The oil company’s lawsuit aims to conceal parts of a document outlining pipeline conditions and worst-case scenarios regarding potential oil spills from the Santa Ynez Unit.

Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund

‘Frankly Extraordinary’: Santa Barbara Judge Reacts After Plains and Venoco Reach Settlement for Undisclosed Amount

‘Venoco v. Plains Pipeline’ Returns to Santa Barbara Superior Court

Sable Takes Santa Barbara’s Environmental Defense Center, State Fish and Wildlife to Court over Public Records Request

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