...The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights , which is part of the legal team representing Aeslestad, claims Energy Transfer is not the proper entity to exercise land seizures for the...
During a pre-trial hearing held Friday morning at the St. Martin Parish Courthouse, Judge Keith Comeaux heard testimony from Kevin Taliaferro, Director of Right of Ways for Energy Transfer Partners,...
...A few of the landowners, represented by lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper disagree. They claim it's unconstitutional for a private company to use...
Judge Keith Comeaux will be hearing a pre-trial on Friday regarding the constitutionality of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin. Loyola University law professor Bill Quigly told KATC’...
...Rachel Meeropol, senior staff attorney and associate director of legal training and education at the Center for Constitutional Rights, points out that beyond legal fees, court costs, and travel...
A testy trial over the Bayou Bridge pipeline began Tuesday with an assertion that the plaintiff's share of the land at the center of the dispute is worth only $1.11. ... Read the full piece here.
Testimony on day three of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline eminent domain trial wrapped Thursday morning after Judge Keith Comeaux heard testimony from landowner Katherine Aaslestad as she was cross-...
Testimony on day two of the Bayou Bridge eminent domain trial focused on whether the economic benefit of the pipeline would outweigh the costs of possible environmental degradation to sensitive...
Attorneys for three landowners who say Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC trespassed, cut down hardwood trees and buried a crude oil pipeline, effectively expropriating their land, expressed frustration...
In St. Martin Parish, testimony in the 16 th Judicial District Court continues in the Bayou Bridge eminent domain lawsuit. A spokesperson for Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the pipeline...
