Legal Opinion
Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. O'Brien
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1969No. 26631PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.
Transwestern, appellant, as the holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the Federal Power Commission for the construction of pipeline facilities, sought to condemn a sixty-six foot pipeline easement running through five sections of the appellees’ (hereafter referred to as Landowners) 21,240 acre ranch located in Winkler County, in far West Texas, for a total taking of forty acres. The ranch is located in an arid part of Texas and is populated principally by yucca, cactus, sandhill grasses, mesquite, eatclaw and burro grass. None of it is…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. MerzSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. Leavell & Ponder, Inc., and Morgan Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
- United States v. 329.73 Acres of Land, Situated in Grenada and Yalobusha Counties, State of Mississippi, and J. G. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. 1,129.75 Acres of Land, More or Less in Cross and Poinsett Counties, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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