A federal judge has ordered BNSF Railway to pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state for repeatedly running 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe's reservation. The company violated a lease agreement by exceeding the allowed number of train cars on the tribe's land.
🇺🇸 RAILWAY COMPANY ORDERED TO PAY $400-MILLION TO NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE FOR 'TRESPASSING' The Swinomish Tribe has achieved a significant legal victory against BNSF Railway. US District Judge Robert Lasnik ordered BNSF to pay nearly $400 million for trespassing on tribal land… https://t.co/Ly0TK55SYe
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to the Swinomish Tribe , after a finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. https://t.co/KuTk73upkd
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million in restitution for its unauthorized shipping of crude oil across tribal land in Washington state, a district court ruled. https://t.co/k3LNApyVMu
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, federal judge orders, after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe's reservation. https://t.co/eBHYlLQs4G
JUDGE ORDERS RAILWAY TO PAY WASHINGTON TRIBE NEARLY $400 MILLION FOR TRESPASSING WITH OIL TRAINS-ABC
BNSF Railway must pay $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation.https://t.co/lmz5tN9CBf
"BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state." https://t.co/m8AQpYiMlA
Judge orders BNSF Railway to pay $395 million for trespassing on tribal lands https://t.co/qa5qCztmS6
Railway company to pay out $400 million to a Native American tribe https://t.co/lD4kT3w5lk
Rail firm must pay Native American tribe $400m for illegal crude oil trains https://t.co/TrweUipchJ
🚂 This story is mad! BNSF were only allowed to send one crude oil carrying train, of no more than 25 cars per train in each direction each day, across a less-than-1-mile segment of the Swinomish Reservation. But between September 2012 and May 2021, BNSF sent more than… https://t.co/G0nqBCuwjB
BNSF Railway owes Washington state’s Swinomish Indian Tribal Community $394.5 million for violating an agreement governing railroad operation across tribal land, a federal judge has ruled. https://t.co/0H41mVcSRq
The operator of one of the nation's largest freight railroad networks was ordered to pay nearly $400 million for trespassing on a Native American tribe's land. https://t.co/C8wQtIdDf8
BNSF Railway must pay $400 million to a Native American tribe. https://t.co/9bpfpM3DnX
BNSF ordered by judge to pay Swinomish Tribe nearly $400 million over trespassing https://t.co/UovDgnlwpg
A judge had found that BNSF violated a lease agreement and trespassed thousands of oil cars over the Swinomish Reservation. https://t.co/fUBxfrRedD
Judge orders BNSF to pay Swinomish Tribe nearly $400M for trespassing with oil trains | AP News https://t.co/ackb9Rii2d
A judge ordered a railway company to pay nearly $400 million for trespassing on Native American land by far exceeding the number of train cars carrying crude oil that it was allowed to run through a tribe’s land, according to court documents. https://t.co/1eCJTvvnsb
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains https://t.co/TCCApzLygV https://t.co/OafjWytE0E
Judge orders railway company to pay Native American tribe https://t.co/gDP1VIjRWk via @MailOnline
BNSF Railway ordered to pay tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains https://t.co/xheEuPfUuk
Judge orders railway company to pay Native American tribe astonishing sum for 'trespassing' on land https://t.co/tWWrjpVvY2 https://t.co/kaIY5gDexU
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington, after a judge found the company repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. https://t.co/7snbvEwQzX
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered after finding the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. https://t.co/XRYPyZ6UUW
Wow! Willful violation - 266,877 railcars trespassed. "Judge orders BNSF to pay WA tribe $400M for oil train trespass" https://t.co/AbJKEC0Qvs via @seattletimes
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400-million for trespassing with oil trains https://t.co/MfjCGejp2f