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East Tennessee Natural Gas Co. v. Sage

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided March 22, 2004No. 03-1708 No. 03-1709 No. 03-1710 No. 03-1711 No. 03-1712 No. 03-1713 No. 03-1714 No. 03-1715 No. 03-1716 No. 03-1717 No. 03-1718 No. 03-1719 No. 03-1720 No. 03-1721 No. 03-1722 No. 03-1723 No. 03-1724 No. 03-1725 No. 03-1726 No. 03-1727 No. 03-1728 No. 03-1729 No. 03-1730 No. 03-1731 No. 03-1732 No. 03-1733 No. 03-1734 No. 03-1735 No. 03-1736 No. 03-1737 No. 03-1738 No. 03-1739 No. 03-1740 No. 03-1741 No. 03-1797PublishedCited by 176 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ joined.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

The Natural Gas Act (NGA or the Act), 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), gives a gas company the power to acquire property by eminent domain, but the Act does not provide for immediate possession, that is, possession before just compensation is determined and paid in a condemnation action. The main question in this appeal is whether a gas company can obtain immediate possession through the equitable remedy of a preliminary injunction. We hold that it can.…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Norwest Bank Worthington v. AhlersSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Blackwelder Furniture Company of Statesville, Inc. v. Seilig Manufacturing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
  5. Boom Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879

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3Cited by176 opinions

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  4. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC v. 6.56 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. State of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013

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