TransCanada Asks Texas Supreme Court to Skip Keystone Review
“Crawford is one of a handful of Texas farmers fighting TransCanada’s use of eminent domain under various legal theories, which has sparked a statewide debate over property rights. None of the challengers has prevailed so…
Bills would boost Mich. oil extraction
“The process — known as enhanced-oil recovery — pushes otherwise unreachable oil to the surface, and stores carbon dioxide underground that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. The proposals also would allow companies that…
Eminent Domain and Corporate Need
“Last week I linked to this article detailing how the relative lack of pipelines in Ohio is preventing fracking from taking off as the extraction industry would like. This means pipelines have moved front and…
SUNOCO PIPELINE PLAN RAISES EMINENT DOMAIN CONCERN
“Property owners across southern Portage County along the route of a new pipeline planned by Sunoco Pipeline L.P. continue to raise concerns with the pipeline and the easements Sunoco wants them to sign. Sunoco has…
PA Judge Hears Mariner East NGL Pipeline Eminent Domain Case
“Sunoco Logistics–and for that matter, MarkWest–have a lot riding on a single court case in Washington County, PA. It might be a bit melodramatic to say the future of the Mariner East NGL (natural gas…
Judge to rule in Sunoco eminent domain challenges
“Sunoco Pipeline believes Pennsylvania’s Business Corporation Law authorizes it to have eminent domain powers to condemn private property its needs across Washington County to develop a pipeline to ship Marcellus Shale products, the company’s attorney…
Pa. Eminent Domain Pipeline Fight Headed to Court
“Ron and Sallie Cox’s house in North Strabane Township is nestled behind a lush forest they are fighting to protect from a new natural gas pipeline inching toward their property. The couple are so adamant…
Texas high court ruling gives hope to landowners in eminent domain fight
“TransCanada, the energy company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, was ordered by the Texas State Supreme Court last week to submit information on its use of eminent domain – an action that keeps a key…
Texas Supreme Court Favors Landowner Over TransCanada in Eminent Domain Case
“The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of landowner Julia Trigg Crawford, ordering TransCanada to submit information by Feb. 6 as the justices weigh arguments to hear the case regarding eminent domain abuse. Texas’s highest…
Lawmakers to again tackle eminent domain
“A company that wants to build a pipeline to pump natural gas liquids across Kentucky wouldn’t be able to condemn private property through the state’s eminent domain law if some leading lawmakers have their way….