| 25-159 |
Leonard W. Hoffmann, et al. v. WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-08-11 |
Pending |
CVSGAmici (2)Relisted (3) |
circuit-split fifth-amendment just-compensation land-condemnation natural-gas-act state-law |
In private condemnations under the Natural Gas Act, should just compensation be determined by reference to state law? |
| 24-1262 |
RDFS, LLC v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-06-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law agency-authority certificate-issuance judicial-review natural-gas-act statutory-interpretation |
Whether a court of appeals may defer to FERC on the threshold question of FERC's authority to issue blanket certificates without determining the legal… |
| 24-1120 |
Ohio, ex rel. Dave Yost, Attorney General of Ohio v. Rover Pipeline, LLC, et al. |
Ohio |
2025-04-29 |
Denied |
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certification-waiver clean-water-act federal-licensing natural-gas-act state-sovereignty water-quality-laws |
To start the States' waiver timeframe under 33 U.S.C. §1341(a)(1), must an applicant submit a valid certification request that satisfies applicable le… |
| 23-751 |
0.12 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Washington County, Maryland, et al. v. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-01-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
citizen-suit eleventh-amendment eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction judicial-power natural-gas-act sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity |
Does the Eleventh Amendment bar federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over Natural Gas Act condemnation actions brought against a State by a cit… |
| 19-1039 |
PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC v. New Jersey, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-20 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (21)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
certificate-of-public-convenience constitutional-law eminent-domain federal-power ferc interstate-pipeline natural-gas-act state-property |
Whether the NGA delegates to FERC certificate holders the authority to exercise the federal government's eminent domain power to condemn land in which… |
| 19-502 |
Richard Baatz, et al. v. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
|
certificate-of-public-convenience due-process eminent-domain federal-energy-regulatory-commission land-use natural-gas-act property-rights regulatory-authority takings |
Whether the Natural Gas Act requires the holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to obtain by easement, contract, or eminent domai… |
| 19-54 |
Karolyn Givens, et al. v. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
condemnation condemnation-proceeding eminent-domain federal-judicial-power judicial-power just-compensation natural-gas-act preliminary-injunction property-rights |
Whether district courts have power, before the trial on just compensation, to issue a preliminary injunction granting immediate possession of property… |
| 19-42 |
North Carolina Utilities Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
District of Columbia |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
|
article-iii article-iii-standing federal-agency-orders federal-energy-regulatory-commission natural-gas-act parens-patriae procedural-rights quasi-sovereign-interests standing state-litigant state-standing |
Whether a state litigant has standing to challenge FERC orders under Massachusetts v. EPA when a federal statute provides the state procedural rights … |
| 18-1206 |
Lynda Like, et al. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-procedure condemnation eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction immediate-possession judicial-power land-condemnation natural-gas-act preliminary-injunction private-companies private-property-rights takings |
Whether district courts are empowered to grant preliminary injunctions giving private companies immediate possession of land before final judgment in … |
| 18-1174 |
Ian Goldenberg, et al. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
eminent-domain equity judicial-taking just-compensation just-compensation-clause natural-gas-act preliminary-injunction property-rights separation-of-powers takings |
Whether a judicially-conferred right of possession to a pipeline company before judgment and without compensation in a Natural Gas Act taking improper… |
| 18-1106 |
Delaware Riverkeeper Network, et al. v. Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-25 |
Denied |
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administrative-law administrative-review administrative-review-process clean-water-act federal-preemption federalism finality-standard natural-gas-act preemption state-finality-standard state-law tenth-amendment |
May a federal court preempt a state's administrative-review-process by substituting a federal-finality-standard for a state-finality-standard |
| 18-548 |
Adorers of the Blood of Christ, United States Province, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure agency-action federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review natural-gas-act religious-exercise religious-freedom-restoration-act standing |
Whether RFRA claims must be exhausted through administrative procedures before being asserted in court |