East Tennessee Natural Gas Co. v. Sage

Holding that a legal description and a plat showing where the easement run satisfy the identification of a property under Rule 71.1(c)

Williams v. Long

Holding two declarations were sufficient to warrant conditional certification where the declarations "suggest[ed] there could be remaining claimants who would willingly join the instant action"

Alliance Pipeline L.P. v. 4.360 Acres of Land

Concluding that landowners "received notice ‘reasonably calculated ... to apprise’ them of [the company’s] FERC application" where, in the months between the company’s application and FERC’s order granting the certificate, the company negotiated with the landowners to seek an easement and filed a lawsuit for permission to survey the property in relation to the project (quoting Mullane v. Cent. Hanover Bank & Trust Co., 339 U.S. 306, 314, 70 S.Ct. 652, 94 L.Ed. 865 (1950) )

Northwest Pipeline v. the 20' x 1,430' Pipeline

Granting summary judgment as to validity of taking

Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. v. 295.49 Acres of Land

Holding pipeline company would be irreparably harmed if forced to "skip over properties scattered at various locations along the route and then come back to them at a later time" because the company would "incur hundreds of thousands of dollars of expenses to move the large amount of material, heavy equipment, and personnel from property to property as they become available [n]one of these additional expenses could be recouped by [the company]"

So. Natural Gas Co. v. Land, Cullman County

Holding "that the practices and procedures of federal eminent domain actions . . . are governed by" Rule 71.1 and stating that this rule supersedes the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h) and state law

USG Pipeline Co. v. 1.74 Acres in Marion County

Holding that making a monetary offer and demonstrating a desire to acquire easements by negotiation and settlement rather than by eminent domain to be more than sufficient to prove the condemnor made a bona fide effort

Northern Border Pipeline Co. v. 127.79, Etc.

Holding that plaintiff would suffer economic harm from delay, national interest supported immediate possession, and "[t]he only legal remedy available to the plaintiff is the condemnation proceeding itself which, under the circumstances of this case, is inadequate."

Colonial Pacific Leasing Corp. v. N & N Partners, LLC

Sabal Trail Transmission, Llc. v. 7.72 Acres in Lee Cnty.

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Rule 803 - Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay-Regardless of Whether the Declarant Is Available as a Witness

Recognizing exception to rule against hearsay for records of regularly conducted activities

Section 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury

Permitting the use of declarations instead

Rule 901 - Authenticating or Identifying Evidence

Holding that "[t]estimony that a matter is what it is claimed to be" is sufficient authentication

Rule 902 - Evidence That Is Self-Authenticating

Setting the certification process for domestic records of regularly conducted business activity

Section 717f - Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities

Granting certificate-holding natural gas companies the federal eminent domain power

Rule 71.1 - Condemning Real or Personal Property

Setting forth the procedure for condemning real property by eminent domain