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the Crawford Family Farm Partnership v. TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L. P.

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided August 27, 2013No. 06-12-00113-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MOSELEY.

I. Background

This is a case regarding an exercise of the right of eminent domain by a nongovernmental entity. Historically, Americans in general and Texans in particular have placed great value on individual property rights and looked askance at the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Both Amendment V of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution prohibit the taking of private property without just compensation. As recently as 2009, the voters of Texas were presented with a proposed amendment to the State…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife v. MirandaTexas Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Bland Independent School District v. BlueTexas Supreme Court · 2000
  5. BMC Software Belgium, NV v. MarchandTexas Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Keith Puntenney, Laverne I. Johnson, Richard R. Lamb, Marian D. Johnson, Northwest Iowa Landowners Association, Iowa Farmland Owners Association, Inc., and the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter v. Iowa Utilities Board, and Office of Consumer Advocate and The Main Coalition, and Dakota Access, LLCSupreme Court of Iowa · 2019
  2. $1,608.00 in U.S. Currency and 2008 Mazda, VIN 1YVHP80C385M37457 v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2015
  3. James Fredrick Miles v. Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure, Inc. and Integrated Texas Logistics, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2022
  4. Jim Burgess v. City of Westworth Village, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2025
  5. Keith Puntenney, Laverne I. Johnson, Richard R. Lamb, Marian D. Johnson, Northwest Iowa Landowners Association, Iowa Farmland Owners Association, Inc., and the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter v. Iowa Utilities Board, and Office of Consumer Advocate and The Main Coalition, and Dakota Access, LLCSupreme Court of Iowa · 2019

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