Legal Trend Meets LegislativeTrend: Land Owners Challenge Constitutionality. Later Challenge Eminent Domain.

Providing great material for 2015 bills in Texas, The Nebraska Supreme Court, making reference to Denbury, issued an opinion on the constitutionality of a pipeline certification.  Read More: Information Intelligence 

The Court said we don’t like it, but that pesky super majority threshold to declare the statute unconstitutional isn’t met, so it’s not officially unconstitutional. Pipelines declared victory.

Here’s the kicker- these same judges who referenced Denbury, and opined about private property rights, will hear eminent domain suits, once eminent domain proceedings begin. KMA Land  AP via Star Telegram  Lincoln Journal Star