TEXAS RICE LAND PARTNERS, LTD. v. DENBURY GREEN PIPELINE-TEXAS, LLC

No. 09-0901.

Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd. and Mike latta, Petitioners, v. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: August 26, 2011.


Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Texas Constitution safeguards private property by declaring that eminent domain can only be exercised for "public use."1 Even when the Legislature grants certain private entities "the right and power of eminent domain,"2 the overarching constitutional rule controls: no taking of property for private use.3 Accordingly, the Natural...

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