Third Circuit Holds That Private Companies Cannot Condemn State-Owned Property Under the National Gas Act
September 17, 2019
Austin W. Manning
MGKF Litigation Blog
On September 10, the Third Circuit held that while the National Gas Act (NGA) delegates the federal government’s power of eminent domain to private gas companies, it does not necessarily delegate the federal government’s exemption from state sovereign immunity. In re: PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, No. 19-1191 (3d Cir. 2019). As a result, private entities acting under the NGA cannot condemn state-owned property absent action by an accountable federal official.
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