Legal Opinion
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. An Exclusive Natural Gas Storage Easement
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1992No. 91-3360PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
On April 14, 1988, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in Akron seeking to appropriate an exclusive underground natural gas storage' easement beneath 264 acres of land in Wayne County, Ohio. Columbia Gas commenced this action pursuant to its eminent domain authority conferred in § 7(h) of the Natural Gas Act. See 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h) (1988).1 The tract in question is part of a farm owned by defendants Matthew and Luann McCullough.2 In the present appeal, Columbia Gas challenges…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Clearfield Trust Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. Certain Real Property Located at 2525 Leroy Lane, West Bloomfield, Michigan, and Leah Liza MarksCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Georgia Power Co. v. 138.30 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC v. CrawfordDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2010
- Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. An Exclusive Natural Gas Storage Easement in Clinton Subterranean Geological Formation Beneath a 264.12 Acre Parcel in Plain Tp., Wayne County, OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation v. Exclusive Natural Gas Storage EasementCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992