land-condemnation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-159 Leonard W. Hoffmann, et al. v. WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2025-08-11 Pending CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (3) circuit-split fifth-amendment just-compensation land-condemnation natural-gas-act state-law The Natural Gas Act authorizes private companies to condemn land in order to build certain natural gas infrastructure, but it says nothing about how t…
23A485 Cletus Bohon, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2023-11-29 Denied constitutional-challenge jurisdiction-stripping land-condemnation legislative-power non-delegation separation-of-powers Whether Landowners are likely to prevail on jurisdiction over this structural Non-Delegation Doctrine challenge in light of this Court's unanimous 9-0…
18-1206 Lynda Like, et al. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC Third Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Amici (2) civil-procedure condemnation eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction immediate-possession judicial-power land-condemnation natural-gas-act preliminary-injunction private-companies private-property-rights takings The Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. § 717f(h)) delegates to certain private companies the ordinary eminent domain power: that is, the power to bring a cond…