NORTHERN BORDER v. 64.111 ACRES OF LAND

No. 02-3734.

344 F.3d 693 (2003)

Northern Border Pipeline Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 64.111 Acres of Land in Will County, Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Hall (Argued), Johnson, Bunce & Noble, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert P. Pilmer (Argued), Pilmer & Barnhart, Yorkville, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Federal law permits a natural-gas pipeline to condemn private land in order to assemble a transportation corridor, if the owner and the pipeline cannot agree on a price for the acquisition. See 15 U.S.C. § 717f. Northern Border Pipeline Co., which has been licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build and operate an extension to an existing pipeline, filed a complaint seeking the condemnation of 16 tracts of land in...

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