Case to Void Eminent Domain for MVP Tossed by D.C. Circuit

In 2019 a group of Virginia landowners filed a lawsuit against the Equitrans Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project because they didn’t like how the pipeline left a mark across their horse pastures. The landowners arrogantly argued Congress improperly delegated its legislative powers to FERC and that ALL pipeline approvals made by FERC that have led to properties being “taken” against a landowner’s wishes, including MVP, should be invalidated. In May 2020 a federal court dismissed the case (see Lawsuit Seeking to Gut FERC Eminent Domain for MVP has Failed). Using money from Big Green groups (funded in part by foreign countries like Russia), the uppity landowners appealed the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit (see Radicals Using MVP Case to Void Eminent Domain for All Pipelines). The D.C. Circuit dismissed the case yesterday.

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