No. 23-751

0.12 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Washington County, Maryland, et al. v. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: citizen-suit eleventh-amendment eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction judicial-power natural-gas-act sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Eleventh Amendment's statement that "[t]he Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend" to suits "commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State" bar federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over such suits notwithstanding the defendant State's consent?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Eleventh Amendment bar federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over Natural Gas Act condemnation actions brought against a State by a citizen of another State, notwithstanding the defendant State's consent?

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC to respond filed.
2024-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2024)

Attorneys

0.12 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Washington County, Maryland, et al.
Joshua Morris SegalOffice of the Attorney General, Petitioner
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
Stephen Robert McAllisterDentons US LLP, Respondent