Walker v. Gateway Pipeline Co.

This appeal requires us to address the propriety of the trial court's order permitting Gateway Pipeline Company ("Gateway") to enter the property of Matthew Walker to conduct precondemnation examinations and surveys for a proposed pipeline. We affirm.

Gateway Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of United Gas Pipe Line Company, sought a precondemnation right of entry onto the property of Walker in November 1989 to conduct archaeological and environmental assessments of the land. Such assessments were required in order for Gateway to obtain permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…