BOLD ALLIANCE et al v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION et al
Case Number:
1:17-cv-01822
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
Government Agencies
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September 28, 2018
FERC Beats Challenge To Pipeline Eminent Domain Process
A group of landowners suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission went to the wrong place in their attempt to stop two pipeline development companies from taking control of private land along the projects' routes, a D.C. federal judge said Thursday, finding that the lawsuit should've been filed elsewhere.
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March 01, 2018
Landowners Can't Speed Up Pipeline Eminent Domain Suit
A D.C. district judge on Thursday rejected a request to expedite a case brought by a group of landowners who live along the routes of two eastern pipelines and allege that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's permitting process allows developers to exercise eminent domain in an unconstitutional manner.
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January 03, 2018
No Basis For FERC Eminent Domain Fight, Pipeline Cos. Say
Developers of two East Coast pipelines have urged a D.C. federal judge to nix a landowner coalition's suit claiming the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's permitting process unconstitutionally allows developers to seize property through eminent domain, arguing the landowners are trying to short-circuit FERC's authority to review pipelines.
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September 06, 2017
FERC Eminent Domain Powers Are Unconstitutional, Suit Says
A coalition of landowners on Tuesday sued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C., federal court, claiming that the agency's pipeline permitting process unconstitutionally allows pipeline developers to seize property through eminent domain, a suit grounded in opposition to two major East Coast pipeline projects that FERC is currently reviewing.