Map of the Mid Valley Pipeline Co. pipeline. Credit: Energy Transfers Texas Oil Company Loses to Mississippi Over Multistate Pipeline
The Fifth Circuit said cases Mid Valley cited did not apply because Mid Valley's circumstances did not impose affirmative obligations on the Levee Board.
June 06, 2024 at 02:53 PM
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What You Need to Know
- A Houston-based crude oil pipeline company lost a dispute in federal court over whether it must pay a crossing fee on pipelines that run through Mississippi.
- The plaintiff argued a Mississippi board violated the U.S. Constitution's Contract Clause.
- A district court said, and the U.S. Fifth Circuit agreed, that the permit at issue was not a contract.
A Houston-based crude oil pipeline company lost a dispute in Mississippi federal court over whether it should pay a crossing fee on two pipelines that run through the state.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Mid Valley Pipeline Co. LLC against the Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners.
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