Gas Transmission Northwest LLC v. Cochrane Extraction Partnership

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GAS TRANSMISSION NORTHWEST No. 2:21-cv-01513-JAM-AC

LLC AND TUSCARORA GAS

TRANSMISSION COMPANY, Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

TO STAY

v. COCHRANE EXTRACTION

PARTNERSHIP, COCHRANE

EXTRACTION PLANT LTD., INTER

PIPELINE EXTRACTION LTD., AND

INTER PIPELINE LTD., Defendants. 19 Before the Court is Cochrane Extraction Partnership, Cochrane Extraction Plant Ltd., Inter Pipeline Extraction Ltd., and Inter Pipeline Ltd.’s (collectively, “Defendants”) motion to stay the instant action filed by Gas Transmission Northwest LLC and Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company (“Plaintiffs”) until the resolution of a related suit in Canada. Defendants request the Court exercise its jurisdiction to stay the instant case pursuant to the principles of Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States, 424 U.S. 800 (1976). See Mot. to Stay (“Mot.”), ECF No. 40. Plaintiffs oppose the motion. See Opp’n, ECF No. 44. Defendants…