U.S. Supremes Deny Emergency Request by Va. Landowners to Stop MVP
A small group of uppity Virginia landowners don’t want Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) crossing their horse pastures, leaving a mark. So they conspired with Big Green lawyers in a lawsuit challenging the right of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to use eminent domain to build pipelines across private land. In October, the landowners filed an “emergency” request with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, asking the court to block MVP construction while the eminent domain lawsuit grinds on. The D.C. Circuit judges rejected that request in October (see DC Circuit Denies Anti Request to Block MVP Construction in Va.). Since Big Green has endless piles of cash to finance legal actions, they decided to appeal (once again) to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week the uppity landowners and their Big Green lawyers asked the Supremes for an emergency block on MVP construction. Yesterday, the Supremes rejected them.
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