The U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion on Penneast Pipeline Co., v. New Jersey on June 29, 2021. In its 5-4 decision, one surprisingly not split across party lines, the Court addressed whether it is constitutional for the Federal Government to grant a pipeline company authority to condemn necessary rights-of-way in which a State [...]
The Supreme Court of the U.S. is expected to rule soon in a case that could have a profound impact on the development of natural gas pipelines. The case, PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC v. New Jersey, involves a natural gas pipeline project in the northeast. PennEast obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from [...]
For as little as the average person can do with land that is submerged beneath rivers and other bodies of water, questions of ownership of such land have found their way into a surprising number of lawsuits. For rivers and creeks that are influenced by tides, the general rule is that the state owns submerged [...]