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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE L.P. v. COOK

No. 16-3631.

866 F.3d 534 (2017)

PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE L.P., Appellant v. Thomas COOK, in his capacity as the Secretary of Finance for the State of Delaware; David M. Gregor, in his capacity as the State Escheator of the State of Delaware; Michelle M. Whitaker, in her capacity as the Audit Manager for the State of Delaware; Kelmar Associates LLC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: August 9, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip B. Dye, Jr. , Deborah C. Milner , Vinson & Elkins, 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2300, Houston, TX 77002, Jeremy C. Marwell ARGUED, Christian D. Sheehan , Vinson & Elkins, 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20037, James E. O'Neill, III , Colin R. Robinson , Bradford J. Sandler , Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, 919 North Market Street, P.O. Box 8705, 17th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Attorneys for Appellant.

Caroline L. Cross , Jennifer R. Noel , Delaware Department of Justice, 820 North French Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, Marc S. Cohen , Loeb & Loeb, 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 2200, Los Angeles, CA 90067, Tiffany R. Moseley , Steven S. Rosenthal ARGUED, John D. Taliaferro , Loeb & Loeb, 901 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 East, Washington, DC 20001, Attorneys for Appellees Thomas Cook , David M. Gregor and Michelle M. Whitaker .

Marc J. Phillips , Manion Gaynor & Manning, 1007 North Orange Street, Tenth Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Stephen W. Kidder , Ryan P. McManus ARGUED, Hemenway & Barnes, 75 State Street, 16th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, Attorneys for Appellee Kelmar Associates LLC.

Before: CHAGARES, SCIRICA, and FISHER, Circuit Judges

OPINION OF THE COURT

All states have laws authorizing them to seize private property through escheat, "a procedure with ancient origins whereby a sovereign may acquire title to abandoned property if after a number of years no rightful owner appears." Texas v. New Jersey, 379 U.S. 674

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