A gas company has the right to eminent domain in order to recast one of its pipelines, the Third Circuit has ruled in a thorny split opinion that the dissent warned is so broad that it grants, essentially, unfettered property access to a private company.

The majority, led by Judge Marjorie Rendell, approached the case as a simple reading of the regulatory framework, which offers a clear answer.

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