Hawthorne Land Co. v. Equilon Pipeline Co.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, Hawthorne Land Company (“Hawthorne”) appeals the district court’s judgment granting a summary judgment to Equilon Pipeline Company (“Equilon”) and the United States Department of Energy (the “Government”). The district court concluded that Hawthorne’s donation of a pipeline right-of-way to the Government contained no restriction which would prevent the Government from leasing the pipeline to Equilon. We agree with the district court that the donation did not restrict the Government’s ability to lease the pipeline to Equilon because the donation was…