Cletus Bohon, et al v. FERC, et al

  1. February 13, 2024

    DC Circ. Again Nixes Challenge To FERC Pipeline Powers

    The D.C. Circuit has reinstated its prior judgment affirming a lower court's dismissal of Virginia landowners' constitutional challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the case.

  2. November 14, 2023

    FERC, Landowners Duel Over Pipeline Suit's Future

    The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Monday that a federal spending law enacted in June moots a constitutional challenge to the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, but landowners told the D.C. Circuit that an act of Congress can't negate an unconstitutional seizure of their property.

  3. October 25, 2023

    DC Circ. Rejects Bid To Freeze Mountain Valley Pipeline

    The D.C. Circuit has rejected Virginia homeowners' bid for an emergency pause to construction on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline while a dispute over the constitutionality of land seizure for the project plays out in court. 

  4. October 23, 2023

    Va. Homeowners Too Late To Stop Pipeline, Developer Says

    A group of Virginia homeowners' bid to halt the construction of a 300-mile pipeline is an "extraordinary, thirteenth hour" request, the company overseeing the project recently told the D.C. Circuit, considering it will be completed in the coming months.

  5. October 20, 2023

    No Need To Block Pipeline Construction, FERC Tells DC Circ.

    Federal energy regulators on Friday urged a D.C. Circuit panel to reject Virginia homeowners' calls to block construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline while the court considers whether their land was unconstitutionally seized to build the controversial gas project.

  6. August 08, 2023

    FERC Prods DC Circ. To Affirm Vacated Call In Pipeline Suit

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is urging the D.C. Circuit to again affirm the dismissal of a constitutional challenge from landowners regarding the commission's delegation of eminent-domain authority to private companies for the $6 billion Mountain Valley gas pipeline.

  7. September 20, 2022

    Group Asks Justices To End 'Musical Chairs' In Pipeline Case

    A group of landowners are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to order a trial court to take up their challenge to a private company's use of eminent domain on the $6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline project in Virginia and West Virginia.

  8. June 21, 2022

    DC Circ. Nixes Challenge To FERC Pipeline Powers

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of landowners' constitutional challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the $6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline project, saying the case attempted an end run around the agency's Natural Gas Act authority.

  9. December 15, 2021

    FERC Powers Challenge Belongs In Court, DC Circ. Told

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Wednesday questioned whether federal district court was the proper venue for a group of landowners challenging a $6 billion natural gas pipeline project in West Virginia and Virginia, noting that a victory for the group might be equivalent to tossing aside federal regulators' approval for the pipeline.

  10. September 16, 2021

    DC Circ. Refuses To Kill Challenge To FERC Powers

    Landowners challenging a $6 billion natural gas pipeline project in West Virginia and Virginia don't have a clear enough case for an early win in their case, the D.C. Circuit said.