No. 18-5069

William M. Uschock v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment just-compensation mineral-rights natural-gas property-rights takings takings-clause
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

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thot
willtam M. Uschock
which
the
Dunhim Rule in
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statesi
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mineral in Pennsyloomis
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other states in the USA.
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thr
The
Dunhim Ryle
fifthand founternth
amendments or
dut process,
justcompensotion:
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moretiry
deprivation to Motanal bos com panirs
and not to londownens ot deepshake
Gas. Thas
depriving of just.compensstionj
the night to nrgiotete doop shilo grs
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uschorts own rights to negotiste
shote ges vs/es. The Pp Danhowkale
Gas .va/ups.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Pennsylvania Dunham Rule, which excludes natural gas from the definition of 'minerals' for purposes of mineral rights ownership, violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment by depriving mineral rights owners of just compensation for the taking of their property rights in the natural gas deposits beneath their land

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-03-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 1, 2018)

Attorneys

William M. Uschock
William M. Uschock — Petitioner