September 28, 2018
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.
March 01, 2018
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.
January 03, 2018
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.
September 06, 2017
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.