Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC v. 4.895 Acres of Land, More or Less

OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (“REX”) was unsuccessful in privately obtaining from Ohio landowners easements along the right-of-way for an interstate natural-gas pipeline that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) had authorized the gas company to build and operate. REX therefore took the next available step and filed the instant action in federal court seeking the necessary easements through eminent domain. The complaint named as interested parties defendants Murray Energy Corporation, Consolidated Land Company, and American Energy…