eminent domain Archives - Jackson & Campbell, P.C.

30 Jun 2021 |

SCOTUS Opinion: Natural Gas Act Permits Private Entities To Condemn State Property

In 1947, Congress amended the Natural Gas Act to permit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue certificates to natural gas companies enabling those companies to exercise federal eminent domain power in order to obtain the land needed to build their pipelines based on “public convenience and necessity.” In PennEast Pipeline Co, LLC v. New Jersey, PennEast received a certificate ... Read More

TAGGED: Natural Gas Act, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, eminent domain, PennEast Pipeline Co LLC v. New Jersey, sovereign immunityyy