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  • Pipeline opponent Michael Bishop talks Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, about his multiple lawsuits, attempting to block progress on the planned XL Pipeline, outside his rural Douglass, Texas home. Bishop, who was granted a temporary restraining order Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, against the pipeline and its parent company, TransCanada Corporation to stop construction, will be back in court in Nacogdoches County, Texas, Friday, Dec. 13, 2012, for an emergency hearing on the order. (AP Photo/The Daily Sentinel, Andrew D. Brosig) MANDATORY CREDIT

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December 13, 2012

Texas judge lifts order on TransCanada pipeline

Associated Press

HOUSTON — A judge is allowing TransCanada to resume work on an oil pipeline being built on private property in Texas before a hearing next week.

Texas landowner Michael Bishop has filed suit against TransCanada in Nacogdoches County, claiming the company lied to Texans when it said it would use its Keystone XL pipeline to transport crude oil.

The pipeline will carry tar sands oil, which TransCanada says is a form of crude but Bishop says is not. He also says he originally settled with the company under duress.

Chris Wilson, of Stop Tarsands Oil Pipelines, said Thursday that Texas County Court at Law Judge Jack Sinz lifted a restraining order in advance of a Wednesday hearing.

TransCanada spokesman Shawn Howard says no construction is likely to start before the hearing.

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