Split appeals opinion bestows pipeline project with eminent domain power and...
Local rice farmers and land owners cringed Thursday, Sept. 24, after an appellate court affirmed a lower court’s ruling granting a pipeline company common carrier status. After being granted the power...
View ArticleWedding venue accused of encroaching on government property
SHERMAN-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has filed a lawsuit against a wedding and special events venue on Lake Texoma for encroaching and trespassing on government land. The United States of America,...
View ArticleCorps of Engineers sues to remove house from flood control easement
MARSHALL-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has filed a lawsuit asking the court for $25,000 to remove a structure that is encroaching on a flood control easement outside of Jefferson. The Corps of...
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Texas SC: Storms may change public beach lines, but easement must be proven
beach-erosion.jpg AUSTIN � Public access to beaches on the Gulf of Mexico rolls with the tide but didn't roll with Hurricane Rita, the Supreme Court of Texas decided on Nov. 5. Read More »
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Denbury Green pipeline controversy heads to Texas Supreme Court
den-gr-pipeline.jpg Photo of construction on the Denbury Green pipeline from the company website. AUSTIN � State Supreme Court justices will review Jefferson County District Judge Donald Floyd's...
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Texas Supreme Court reverses decisions two state agency permits; Removes...
den-gr-pipeline.jpg The Texas Supreme Court reversed the common carrier status of the Denbury Green Pipeline on Aug. 26. AUSTIN � Appellate judges in Beaumont invested too much power in state...
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Golden Triangle Properties questions company’s eminent domain powers
pipelinespaghetti.jpg Golden Triangle Properties is asking the courts to declare that Williams Field Services-Gulf Coast Co. does not have eminent domain powers in a proposed pipeline extension. Read...
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SC denies Denbury Greeen’s motion for rehearing in common carrier case
den-gr-pipeline.jpg Local rice farmers and landowners breathed a collective sigh of relief on Friday, after the Texas Supreme Court denied a pipeline company's second motion on rehearing in a case...
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TransCanada Keystone Pipeline receives boost from appeals court
The Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed on Nov. 29 a ruling that denied summary judgment against TransCanada Keystone Pipeline – a foreign company armed with the power of eminent domain. TransCanada had...
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Appeals court to determine eminent domain powers of TransCanada Keystone...
pipeline-constructionIn a few weeks, an appeals court will hear arguments on whether a Beaumont judge erred by granting a foreign company’s petition to condemn land for the construction of a crude oil...
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Keystone Pipeline will deliver much more than oil, supporters argue
Lovers of both crawfish and oil pipelines braved a heavy downpour on April 18 to demonstrate their support for the Keystone Pipeline at the downtown Beaumont Events Centre. For the past few years,...
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TransCanada Keystone pipeline settles eminent domain case
pipeline-constructionAn appeal centered on a foreign company’s petition to condemn land in Jefferson County for the construction of a crude oil pipeline has been dismissed. TransCanada Keystone...
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Williams Field Services-Gulf Coast non-suited from case questioning eminent...
OxfordGolden Triangle Properties has non-suited Williams Field Services-Gulf Coast Co. from litigation questioning whether the company has eminent domain powers in a proposed pipeline extension. As...
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Ninth Court affirms eminent domain powers of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline
pipeline-constructionA Texas appeals court has ruled that a Beaumont judge did not err when he granted a foreign company’s petition to condemn land for the construction of a crude oil pipeline....
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A&M appeal in eminent domain case shot down, county plans to plow parts of...
In an ironic twist, sections of a forest that Texas A&M University and the state of Texas dedicated to the study of forestry are now in danger of deforestation – thanks to an appellate ruling,...
View ArticleSplit appeals opinion bestows pipeline project with eminent domain power and...
Local rice farmers and land owners cringed Thursday, Sept. 24, after an appellate court affirmed a lower court’s ruling granting a pipeline company common carrier status. After being granted the power...
View ArticleWedding venue accused of encroaching on government property
SHERMAN-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has filed a lawsuit against a wedding and special events venue on Lake Texoma for encroaching and trespassing on government land. The United States of America,...
View ArticleCorps of Engineers sues to remove house from flood control easement
MARSHALL-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has filed a lawsuit asking the court for $25,000 to remove a structure that is encroaching on a flood control easement outside of Jefferson. The Corps of...
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Texas SC: Storms may change public beach lines, but easement must be proven
AUSTIN – Public access to beaches on the Gulf of Mexico rolls with the tide but didn’t roll with Hurricane Rita, the Supreme Court of Texas decided on Nov. 5. Six justices ruled that no one can cross...
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Houston County man sues Forest Service for restricting use of his property
LUFKIN – A Houston County man has filed a lawsuit against the U. S. Forest Service claiming that the federal department is restricting the use of his property. Ronald Lee Franklin filed suit against...
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