Sep 19

1st Court Decision on September 19 — Smaller Eminent Domain Case

Spectra Energy has filed not one, not two, but three legal actions against property owners. This is all part of its CEO’s commitment to build “mutually beneficial relationships.” [See link on “Transparency.”]

Judge Kim R. Gibson of the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Johnstown, PA) ruled on access to surface rights on five properties.

To avoid any confusion, this is not the “big” eminent domain case (which is the second legal action filed by Spectra Energy against property owners). We’re still waiting for that case to move through the system.

On Sept. 19, 2008, the judge granted Spectra Energy the right to take “immediate possession of and entry onto the [five] properties owned by the Defendants.”
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