Legal Opinion
Vector Pipeline, L.P. v. 68.55 Acres of Land
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 14, 2001No. 99 C 4609PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
In this condemnation case under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717, et seq. (“NGA”), Vector Pipeline (“Vector”) took permanent and temporary easements in several tracts of land in Northern Illinois to build a natural gas pipeline. It acquired the appropriate Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) certification, and invoked its power of eminent domain. When attempts to settle issues and differences with the landowners failed, Vector sued on 14 July 1999. In March 2000, I granted summary judgment for Vector, and appointed a Commission…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Kimball Laundry Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by10 opinions
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