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Federal appeals court confirms Enbridge must remove Line 5
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Superior Telegram
A three-judge panel for the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued the ruling last week.
The decision comes seven years after the Bad River tribe sued Enbridge in federal court to shut down and remove Line 5 from its lands.
Conley also ordered Enbridge to remove or reroute Line 5 within three years, a deadline that had since been put on hold.
The federal appeals panel disagreed, saying the company got “what it bargained for.”
“Each day, Enbridge operates Line 5 in illegal trespass and makes more than a million dollars in profit.