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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Todd Richmond

Supreme Court to decide whether shutting down Michigan pipeline is a state or federal fight

Enbridge-Pipeline - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel belongs in state court.

Nessel sued in state court in June 2019 seeking to void the easement that allows the Enbridge energy company to operate a 4.5-mile (6.4-kilometer) section of pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, which link Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

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