Legal Opinion
Tenneco, Inc. v. Greater Lafourche Port Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1970No. 27532PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In this Erie-bound case we construe a condition attached to a Louisiana Department of Public Works permit for a bayou pipeline crossing. We conclude that the condition does not require the pipeline company to pay for alterations occasioned by the state’s encroachment on an adjacent easement that the company had purchased from a private party.
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In 1955, the State of Louisiana, 1 owner of the beds of navigable streams in the state, LSA-R.S. 9:1101, through the Governor and the Register of the State Land Office, LSA-R.S. 41:1173, sold to Tenneco a right of way for a gas…
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- Edgar A. Levy Leasing Co. v. SiegelSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Arkansas La. Gas Co. v. La. Depart. of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
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- Catherine J. Healy v. F. Don James, Individually and as President of Central Connecticut State CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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