The issue focused on regulations governing pipeline accidents and explosions and regulatory delays by regulatory agencies that delayed pipeline approvals for nearly four years. The pipeline liability lawsuits argued that pipeline regulators delayed approving pipelines until lawsuits threatened financial ruin for pipeline operators and shareholders. The lawsuits targeted regulators who regulated pipelines under federal environmental regulations as well as pipeline operators under federal administrative regulations and lawsuits challenging administrative rulings from courts that regulated pipelines under federal administrative regulations.


Several lawsuits challenged administrative rulings issued by courts that regulated pipelines under federal administrative regulations and lawsuits challenged administrative