Legal Opinion
B. Willis, C.P.A., Inc. v. BNSF Railway Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2008No. 06-5015PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
In 1992, Defendant-Appellee Public Service Company of Oklahoma (“PSO”) used the eminent domain authority granted to it under Oklahoma law to condemn an easement across property owned by Plaintiff-Appellant B. Willis, C.P.A., Inc. (“Willis”). Willis, in turn, invoked remedies available under Oklahoma law, first to challenge, before a state court judge, the necessity for PSO to condemn this easement for a public use; and second to challenge, in a jury trial, the amount of compensation awarded Willis for the easement. Pursuant to Oklahoma law, PSO took possession of the…
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