Legal Opinion
Richard Baatz v. Columbia Gas Transmission
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 24, 2016No. 15-3208PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Chief Judge.
The Plaintiffs-Appellants, a group of almost 40 landowners in Medina, Ohio, (the “Medina Landowners”) sued Columbia Gas Transmission in the Northern District of Ohio for storing natural gas under their property without compensation in violation of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717f. The district court dismissed the case under the “first-to-file rule” on the ground that it was duplicative of an earlier-filed class action being litigated in the Southern District of Ohio, Wilson v. Columbia Gas Transmission LLC, No. 2:12-cv-01203. The Medina Landowners appeal the…
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