Legal Opinion
In Re Louis Dreyfus Pipeline LP Tax Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided April 16, 2008No. 08-0131PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
On Review By the Multidistrict Litigation Panel
2Opinion of the Court · McCLUREJustice McCLURE
Louis Dreyfus Pipeline LP (Dreyfus) is in the business of transporting crude oil and natural gas liquids. It owns and operates a pipeline system that winds through thirty counties of this state, from Liberty County in southeastern Texas to Winkler County in far west Texas. Dreyfus has filed individual lawsuits against 29 of the thirty County Appraisal Districts (Districts), challenging the appraised value of the pipeline for property tax purposes. It complains that the valuations were not based on the market value of the pipeline as required by…
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