Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Madison County Drainage Board

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ON COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF

HAMILTON, District Judge.

This case concerns the ditches of Madison County, Indiana. It pits the interests of farmers who need to drain their land against the interests of a pipeline company whose underground pipelines run through the needed drainage ditch. Plaintiff Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company (“Panhandle”) brought this action against the Madison County Drainage Board (the “Drainage Board”), its members, and an engineering firm and an excavation company hired to provide services to the Drainage…