Legal Opinion
Canova v. Shell Pipeline Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2002No. 01-30385PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Carlo Canova is the owner of Louisiana land over which the United States acquired an easement for pipelines to access a storage facility in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Equilon Pipeline Company has leased the pipeline from the United States for commercial use. Canova 1 seeks to enjoin this use by Equilon. The district court granted judgment in favor of Equilon and the United States denying the relief requested by Canova. We affirm.
I. Background
In 1979, the United States Department of Energy exercised the power of eminent domain to acquire…
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