UGI SUNBURY v. PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR 1.7575 ACRES

Nos. 18-3126, 18-3127.

949 F.3d 825 (2020)

UGI SUNBURY LLC, Appellant, v. A PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR 1.7575 ACRES, and Temporary Construction and Access Easement for 2.956 Acres in Limestone Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania Tax Parcel No. 5-10-19; David W. Beachel, Jr.; Joy L. Beachel; The Turbotville National Bank; Montour County Tax Claim Bureau; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Highways, PA Department of Transportation; Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, Bureau of Compliance; All Unknown Owners UGI Sunbury LLC, Appellant v. A Permanent Easement for 0.4308 Acres, and Temporary Construction and Access Easement for 0.4577 Acres in the Borough of Shamokin Dam, Snyder County, Pennsylvania Tax Parcel No. 16-04-059; Donald D. Pontius, Co-Trustees of the Donald D. and Georgia A. Pontius Living Trust; Georgia A. Pontius, Co-Trustees of the Donald D. and Georgia A. Pontius Living Trust; Borough of Shamokin Dam; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation; All Unknown Owners.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: February 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paige Macdonald-Matthes , Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, 200 Locust Street, Suite 400, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101.

Alexander V. Batoff , Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, 1500 Market Street Center Square West, 34th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102.

James C. Martin (Argued), Devin M. Misour , Reed Smith LLP, 225 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, Counsel for Appellant UGI Sunbury, LLC.

Peter J. Carfly , Stephen B. Edwards (Argued), Laverly Law, 225 Market Street, Suite 304, P.O. Box 1245, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108, Counsel for Appellees David W. Beachel, Jr., Permanent Easement For 1.7575 Acres and Temporary Construction and Access Easement for 2.956 Acres in Limestone Township Montour County Pennsylvania Tax Parcel No. 5-10-19, and Joy L. Beachel.

Michael F. Faherty (Argued), Anthony M. Corby , Tara B. Hovarth , Faherty Law Firm, 75 Cedar Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, Counsel for Appellees Donald D. and Georgia A. Pontius, Trustees of the Donald D. and Georgia A. Pontius Living Trust.

Stephanie E. DiVittore , Barley Snyder, 213 Market Street, 12th Floor, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101, Counsel for Turbotville National Bank.

Brian J. Clark , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, 409 North Second Street, Suite 500, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101.

Victoria B. Kush , Stanley Yorsz , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, 301 Grant Street, One Oxford Centre, 20th Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Marcellus Shale Coalition.

Lela Hollabaugh , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, 1600 Division Street, Suite 700, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, Anna M. Manasco , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, 1819 Fifth Avenue North, One Federal Place, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Interstate Natural Gas Association of America.

Robert H. Thomas , Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert, 1003 Bishop Street, Suite 1600, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Owners Counsel of America.

Before: KRAUSE, MATEY, Circuit Judges, and QUIÑONES ALEJANDRO, District Judge.


OPINION

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