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FindACase™ | Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC v. 6.56 Acres of Land
MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, LLC, Plaintiff - Appellee,
6.56 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY SANDRA TOWNES POWELL, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 015900 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-3370; 1.81 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROBERT M. JONES AND DONNA THOMAS JONES, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 024588 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-5511; 1.29 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROBERT M. JONES AND DONNA THOMAS JONES, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 024591 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-5512; 0.52 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY EMILIE M. OWEN AND RICHARD CLARK OWEN, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0380002204B and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-4129 (AR FR-294), Defendants - Appellants. MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, LLC, Plaintiff - Appellee,
TERESA D. ERICKSON, POA for Gerald Wayne Corder (Parcel ID NO. 20-362-20. An Easement to construct, operate and maintain a 42-inch gas transmission line across properties in the counties of Braxton, Lewis, Harrison, Webster, and Wetzel, WV; LORENA B. KRAFFT, POA for Randall N. Corder (Parcel ID NO. 20-362-21. An Easement to construct, operate and maintain a 42-inch gas transmission line across properties in the counties of Braxton, Lewis, Harrison, Webster, and Wetzel, WV, Defendants - Appellants. MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, LLC, Plaintiff - Appellee, 0.335 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GEORGE LEE JONES, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 47-1-1 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-200.044; 0.65 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MICHAEL S. HURT AND MARY FRANCES K. HURT, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0380002204A and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-4130 (AR FR-294); 1.52 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY VERNON V. BEACHAM, SR. AND VERNON V. BEACHAM, II, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 44A-1-34 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-051; 2.83 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY VERNON V. BEACHAM, SR. AND VERNON V. BEACHAM, II, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 44A-1-33 and being MVP Parcel VA-GI-052; 4.88 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY CLARENCE B. GIVENS AND KAROLYN W. GIVENS, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 47-9 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-200.041; 2.01 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GEORGE LEE JONES, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 47-1-2 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-200.045; 2.09 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY STEVEN C. HODGES AND JUDY R. HODGES, Craig County Tax Map Parcel No. 120-A-10 and 120-A-10A and being MVP Parcel No. VA-CR-200.047; 0.66 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GORDON WAYNE JONES AND DONNA W. JONES, Craig County Tax Map Parcel No. 120-A-13 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-CR-200.049; 0.71 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROANOKE VALLEY 4-WHEELERS ASSOCIATION, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 031198 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-4264 (AR-MN-276); 1.53 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROANOKE VALLEY 4-WHEELERS ASSOCIATION, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 016068 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-4265 (AR MN-276); 1.53 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY STEPHEN W. BERNARD AND ANNE W. BERNARD, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0370001901 and being MVP Parcel No. BVA-FR-13; 5.88 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY WENDELL WRAY FLORA AND MARY MCNEIL FLORA, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0380002000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-017.21; 3.70 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MICHAEL S. HURT AND MARY FRANCES K. HURT, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0380002204 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-017.25; 1.97 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY KEITH M. WILSON AND MARY K. WILSON, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0370009906 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-017.44; 6.50 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, OWNED BY NEW RIVER CONSERVANCY, INC., Located in Giles County, Virginia being a portion of Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 29-25B and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-035, Defendants - Appellants. MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, LLC, Plaintiff - Appellee,
0.01 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY BENNY L. HUFFMAN, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 46-25 B and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-5779; 0.01 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JEREMY JOSEPH RICE AND MICHELLE RENEE RICE, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 111.00-01-58.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-5627; 0.01 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROY A. STEVENS, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440018800 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5496; 0.02 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DANIEL G. MYERS AND DEBORAH L. MYERS, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440019801 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5502; 0.04 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY BRUCE M. WOOD AND JENNIFER M. WOOD, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440200600 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5791; 2.75 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY HELENA DELANEY TEEKELL, TRUSTEE OF THE HELENA DELANEY TEEKELL TRUST, Craig County Tax Map Parcel No. 120-A-12 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-CR-200.048; 2.81 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROBERT W. CRAWFORD OR PATRICIA D. CRAWFORD, TRUSTEES UNDER THE CRAWFORD LIVING TRUST, AND ANITA NEAL HUGHES, Craig County Tax Map Parcel No. 121-A-15 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-CR-200.053; 2.60 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY HELENA DELANEY TEEKELL, TRUSTEE OF THE HELENA DELANEY TEEKELL TRUST, Craig County Tax Map Parcel No. 120-A-14A and being MVP Parcel No. VA-CR-5343; 0.15 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DONALD W. LONG AND EVELYN W. LONG, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 021560 and being MVP Parcel No. BVMO-25; 0.07 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GEORGE A. CRAIGHEAD AND HELEN P. CRAIGHEAD, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 016298 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-011; 1.90 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JOSEPH PATRICK TOMELTY, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 013819 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-060; 0.89 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DONALD W. LONG AND EVELYN W. LONG, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 021559 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-062; 0.392 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY TRAVIS SCOTT LANCASTER AND TRACY LYNN TAYLOR, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 033280 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-064 (AR-MN-271); 23.74 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MARK W. CRONK, ALISON G. CRONK AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 093.00-01-44.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-038; 1.89 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY TRUSTEES OF EVANGEL FOURSQUARE CHURCH, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 093.00-01-47.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-039; 5.38 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LUCY A. PRICE, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0240003400 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-008; 3.11 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY RUSSELL E. CALLAWAY AND HEIDE K. CALLAWAY, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0240005400 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-015.02; 5.93 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY CHARLES FREDERICK FLORA AND STEPHANIE M. FLORA, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0380002002 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-017.20; 0.07 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DALE E. ANGLE AND MARY A. ANGLE, TRUSTEES OF THE DALE E. ANGLE AND MARY A. ANGLE JOINT REVOCABLE TRUST, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440006400 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-077.01; 2.14 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DALE E. ANGLE AND MARY A. ANGLE, TRUSTEES UNDER THE DALE E. AND MARY A. ANGLE JOINT REVOCABLE TRUST, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440006501 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-078; 11.86 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DONALD B. BARNHART, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440007300 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-081; 10.21 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY WILLIAM DAVID BOARD, JAMES R. BOARD, SUSAN BOARD MYERS, NANCY B. FLORA, AND KENNETH CRAIG BOARD, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450006100 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-128; 0.30 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROBERT ALAN PEGRAM, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0650401600 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-155.01; 1.85 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY OYLER LAND AND LEASING, LLC, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0240004000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-4126 (AR FR-291); 0.83 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY SUSAN BOARD MYERS, WILLIAM DAVID BOARD, KENNETH CRAIG BOARD, AND NANCY BOARD FLORA, a/k/a William D. Board, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450012003 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-4141 (AR FR-313); 0.56 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY OWNED BY WILLIAM D. BOARD, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450012005 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-4277 (AR FR-313); 0.97 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY WILLIAM DAVID BOARD, KENNETH CRAIG BOARD, SUSAN B. MYERS, NANCY B. FLORA, AND JAMES R. BOARD, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450012001 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-4278 (AR FR-313); 0.12 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ANGELA L. MCGHEE AND FREDRICK C. MCGHEE, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0370009905 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5411; 0.07 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY RUSSELL W. LAWLESS, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0370009907 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5413; 0.04 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY RONALD B. EDWARDS, SR., GLORIA MARTIN, TERRANCE EDWARDS, LINDA WHITE, RUBY PENN, JANIS E. WALLER, CRYSTAL DIANE EDWARDS, AND PENNY EDWARDS BLUE, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0660009502 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5434; 0.44 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY SHELBY A. LAW, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440200400 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5492; 3.15 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROBERT WAYNE MORGAN AND PATRICIA ANN MORGAN, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440018700 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5493; 3.11 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES GLYNWOOD HAYNES, JR., Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440020001 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5504; 0.95 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES GLYNWOOD HAYNES, JR., Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440019500 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5505; 0.38 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES GLYNWOOD HAYNES, JR., Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440019300 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5507, Defendants - Appellants. MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, LLC, Plaintiff - Appellee,
0.09 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GARY HOLLOPTER AND ALLISON HOLLOPTER, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 30-4B and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-5310; 0.18 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GEORGIA LOU HAVERTY, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No 30-4A and being MVP Parcel No. BVGI-10; 6.50 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY SIZEMORE INCORPORATED OF VIRGINIA, f/k/a National Committee for the New River, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 29-25B and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-035; 1.23 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY EAGLE'S NEST MINISTRIES, INC., Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 29-25 and being MVP Parcel No VA-GI-035.01; 10.67 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DOE CREEK FARM, INCORPORATED, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No.30-4 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-049; 2.19 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY STEPHEN D. LEGGE, DAVID LEGGE, AND PHYLLIS J. LEGGE, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 44-3-3A and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-057; 5.25 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MARY VIRGINIA REYNOLDS, SAMUEL HALE REYNOLDS, AND MARY SUTTON REYNOLDS, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 46-1-3 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-097.01; 8.60 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DOWDY FARM LLC, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 46-52 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-4250; 0.22 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DOWDY FARM, LLC, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 46-52 A. and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-5790; 10.26 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY SAMUEL HALE REYNOLDS AND MARY SUTTON REYNOLDS, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 46-1-2A and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-5922; 7.18 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MICHAEL EDWARD SLAYTON, TRUSTEE OR MARGARET MCGRAW SLAYTON, TRUSTEE, MARGARET MCGRAW SLAYTON LIVING TRUST, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 024590 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-3371; 0.22 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LENORA MONTUORI AND KRISTINA MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRUST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-41.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. BVRO-12; 0.41 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES D. SCOTT AND KAREN B. SCOTT, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 093.00-01-34.01-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-030 (AR RO-281); 2.17 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES D. SCOTT AND KAREN B. SCOTT, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 093.00-01-33.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-042; 0.341 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED JAMES D. SCOTT AND KAREN B. SCOTT, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 093.00-01-33.01-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-043; 0.41 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 110.00-01-54.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-058; 4.31 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES T. CHANDLER AND KATHY E. CHANDLER, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 111.00-01-62.01-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-060; 4.31 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES T. CHANDLER AND KATHY E. CHANDLER, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No 117.00-01-38.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-061; 1.91 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LENORA MONTUORI AND KRISTIN MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRUST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-43.02-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-062; 0.91 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LENORA MONTUORI AND KRISTINA MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRUST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-43.00-0000, Being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-063; 2.99 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LENORA MONTUORI AND KRISTINA MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRUST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-46.00-0000 and Being Parcel No. VA-RO-064; 0.20 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LENORA MONTUORI AND KRISTINA MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRU, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-43.01-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-065; 0.19 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LENORA MONTUORI AND KRISTINA MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRUST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-42.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-066; 2.43 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LEMORA MONTUORI AND KRISTINA MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRUST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-45.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-067; 0.50 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LENORA MONTUORI AND KRISTINA MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRUST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-41.01-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-4124; 0.33 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LENORA W. MONTUORI AND LENORA MONTUORI AND KRISTINA MONTUORI HILLMAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ANTONIO MONTUORI FAMILY TRUST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 117.00-01-41.02-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-4125; 8.21 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY OCCANNEECHI, INC., Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0250004100 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-017.11; 21.98 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY OCCANNEECHI, INC., Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0380001501 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-017.15; 8.67 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES D. SCOTT AND KAREN B. SCOTT, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 093.00-01-34.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-040, Defendants - Appellants. MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, LLC, Plaintiff - Appellee,
0.09 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LARRY BERNARD CUNNINGHAM AND CAROLYN A. CUNNINGAM, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 063.00-01-20.03-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-5781; 0.11 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JUNE SMITH, RAY SMITH, PATRICIA S. DEVECHA, STEPHEN R. SMITH, BARRY SCOTT SMITH, DOUGLAS F. SMITH, DAVID L. SMITH, FRED APGAR, RUTH APGAR GLOCK, DONALD APGAR, GREGORY M. A, a/k/a Raymond Foster Smith, a/k/a Fred I. Apgar, a/k/a Frederick Apgar, a/k/a Gregory M. Apgar, a/k/a Angela H. Apgar, Unknown Heirs and Assigns of the Following June Smith, and Ray Smith, Roanoke Co. Tax Map Parcel No. 063.00-01-25.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-033; 0.14 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY UNKNOWN HEIRS OR ASSIGNS OF ANTHONY B. NOVITZKI AND JOANNE A. LOFARO, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440206600 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5500; 4.90 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY BRENDA LYNN WILLIAMS, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 46-15 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-200.019; 0.19 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY CLETUS WOODROW BOHON AND BEVERLY ANN BOHON, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 030271 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MN-5233 (AR MN-278.01); 0.39 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES C. LAW AND CAROLYN D. LAW, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 032431 And being MVP Parcel No. VA-MN-5234 (AR MN-278.01); 2.08 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DONALD D. APGAR AND MILDRED M. APGAR, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 000843 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-012; 2.69 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY BRIAN DAVID GLOCK AND SUSAN ELIZABETH GLOCK BUCH, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 000844 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-013; 2.74 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY CLETUS WOODROW BOHON AND BEVERLY ANN BOHON, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 017761 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-022; 2.12 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES CABEL LAW AND CAROLYN DIANA EANES LAW, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 018808 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-024; 4.67 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES CABEL LAW AND CAROLYN DIANA EANES LAW, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 011673 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-025; 12.20 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JUNE SMITH, RAY SMITH, PATRICIA S. DEVECHA, STEPHEN R. SMITH, BARRY SCOTT SMITH, DOUGLAS F. SMITH, DAVID L. SMITH, FRED APGAR, RUTH APGAR GLOCK, GREGORY M. APGAR, AND ANG, a/k/a Raymond Foster Smith, a/k/a Fred I. Apgar, a/k/a Frederick I. Apgar, Unknown Heirs or Assigns of the Following June Smith, and Ray Smith, Montgomery Co. Tax Map Parcel No. 120001 and MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-084; 3.35 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY THOMAS W. TRIPLETT AND BONNIE B. TRIPLETT, Montgomery County Tac Map Parcel No. 024589 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-5514; 2.07 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY PHYLLIS M. HUTTON, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 009443 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-5515; 3.01 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY PHYLLIS M. HUTTON, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 026945 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-5516; 6.86 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JULIANA BERNHOLZ AND IRINA BERNHOLZ SIEGRIST, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 015895 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-5526; 0.38 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES C. LAW AND CAROLYN D. LAW, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 002833 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-5626; 4.03 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MATTHEW D. ROLLIER AND DEANNA D. ROBINSON, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 102.00-01-12.00-0000 and Bring MVP Parcel No. BVRO-04; 0.47 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY BRUCE M. COFFEY AND MARY E. COFFEY, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 102.00-01-13.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. BVRO-05; 13.47 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JOHN COLES TERRY, III, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 102.00-01-08.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-045; 8.37 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY FRANK H. TERRY, JR., JOHN COLES TERRY, III, AND ELIZABETH LEE TERRY, a/k/a Elizabeth Lee Reynolds, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 102.00-01-02.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-046; 1.40 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MARY ELLEN RIVES, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 103.00-02-43.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-051; 1.85 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JACQULINE J. LUCKI, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 102.00-01-14.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-052; 9.89 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ELIZABETH LEE TERRY, a/k/a Elizabeth Lee Reynolds, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 110.00-01-44.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-054; 4.72 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY FRED W. VEST, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 110.00-01-56.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-056; 2.93 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LOIS KING WALDRON AND LOIS MABEL WALDRON MARTIN, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 110.00-01-50.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-057; 2.05 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY HOWARD M. THOMPSON AND CHRISTINE W. THOMPSON, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 118.00-01-09.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-068; 0.94 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MARTIN G. MORRISON AND PATRICIA A. BOYD, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 063.00-01-20.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-4115; 2.20 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY HILAH PARKS TERRY, FRANK H. TERRY, JR., ELIZABETH LEE TERRY, JOHN COLES TERRY III, GRACE MINOR TERRY, Unknown Heirs or Assigns of Frank H. Terry, Sr., Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 103.00-02-01.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-4118 (AR RO-283); 0.28 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JACQULINE J. LUCKI, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 102.00-01-13.01-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-50; 0.32 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GRACE MINOR TERRY, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 102.00-01-01.02-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-5149 (AR RO-279.01); 0.34 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ROBIN B. AUSTIN AND ALLEN R. AUSTIN, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 110.00-01-45.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-5222 (AR RO-285); 0.33 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ELIZABETH LEE TERRY, a/k/a Elizabeth Lee Reynolds, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 093.00-01-46.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-5228 (ATWS-1224); 0.31 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY REBECCA JANE DAMERON, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 111.00-01-61.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-5383; 0.15 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY FRANK W. HALE AND FLOSSIE I. HALE AND ROBERT MATTHEW HAMM AND AIMEE CHASE HAMM, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 110.00-01-56.01-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-5748; 0.26 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY LARRY BERNARD CUNNINGHAM AND CAROLYN A. CUNNINGHAM, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 063.00-01-21.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-5785; 1.38 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY ALVIN E. WRAY, LINDA L. WRAY, L. BENTON WRAY, JR., AND DIANE S. WRAY, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 250002100 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-017; 11.45 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BYL. BENTON WRAY, JR., DIANE S. WRAY, ALVIN E. WRAY, AND LINDA L. WRAY, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0250002200 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-017.02; 2.74 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MARK A. PETTIPIECE AND TERESA J. PETTIPIECE, Giles County Tax Map Parcel No. 47-1-3 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-GI-200.046; 0.87 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY BOBBY I. JONES AND RICHARD WAYNE JONES REVOCABLE TRUST, RICHARD WAYNE JONES, TRUSTEE, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0430105200 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-070.01; 1.60 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY SANDRA H. LANCASTER, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0430105000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-073; 3.70 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY DAVID J. WERNER, BETTY B. WERNER, IAN ELLIOTT REILLY, AND CAROLYN ELIZABETH REILLY, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440004300 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-076.01; 1.72 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GUY W. BUFORD AND MARGARET S. BUFORD, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440004400 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-077; 0.292 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GAIL DUDLEY SMITHERS AND GINGER K. SMITHERS, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450008100 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-113; 8.56 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GAIL DUDLEY SMITHERS AND GINGER K. SMITHERS, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450000902 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-114; 8.60 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GAIL DUDLEY SMITHERS, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450001600 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-117; 3.92 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GAIL DUDLEY SMITHERS AND GINGER K. SMITHERS, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450006800 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-119; 0.32 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY GAIL DUDLEY SMITHERS, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0450001500 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5151 (ATWS-1266); 0.15 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY RUSSELL R. BARKSDALE, JR., Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0370009904 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5415; 4.14 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY MARK E. DANIEL AND ANGELA D. DANIEL, Franklin County Tax Map Parcel No. 0440011600 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-FR-5476; 7.82 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY THOMAS O. WHITE, JR., TRUSTEE OF THE BEVERLY A. MCLAUGHLIN TESTAMENTARY TRUST, Pittsylvania County Tax Map Parcel No. 1489-86-7542 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-PI-029.05; 1.23 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JAMES M. GRUBBS, EVELENA GRUBBS ROUSE, AND ENZY GRUBBS ANDERSON, UNKNOWN HEIRS OR ASSIGNS OF JAMES M. GRUBB, a/k/a Evelyn Rouse, Pittsylvania County Tax Map Parcel Nos. 2436-05-4452 and 2436-05-2564 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-PI-104; 3.42 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY HENRY COX AND JANET DEGROFF, Montgomery County Tax Map Parcel No. 032870 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-MO-5520; 3.74 ACRES OF LAND, OWNED BY JEROME DAVID HENRY AND DORIS MARIE HENRY, Roanoke County Tax Map Parcel No. 110.00-01-46.00-0000 and being MVP Parcel No. VA-RO-055, Defendants - Appellants. MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, LLC, Plaintiff - Appellee,
CHERYL L. BOONE, Parcel ID No. 7-7-27.2; KERRY N. BOONE, Parcel ID No. 7-7-27.2; ORUS ASHBY BERKLEY, Parcel ID No. 7-15A-13, 7-15A-13.1; TAMMY A. CAPALDO, Parcel ID No. 7-15-125; CARLA D. FOUNTAIN, Parcel ID No. 05-19-36, 05-19-24; DENNIS F. FOUNTAIN, Parcel ID No. 05-19-36, 05-19-24; ROBERT M. JARRELL, Parcel ID No. 7-11-15; DAVID ALLEN JOHNSON, Parcel ID No. 05-19-9; EVERETT JOHNSON, JR., Parcel ID No. 05-19-9; WAYNE JOHNSON, Parcel ID No. 05-19-9; MAURY JOHNSON, Parcel ID No. 05-19-9; ELISABETH TOBEY, Parcel ID No. 11-84-10; RONALD TOBEY, Parcel ID No. 11-84-10; PATRICIA J. WILLIAMS, Parcel ID No. 05-25-1.13, Defendants - Appellants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Elizabeth Kay Dillon, District Judge. (7:17-cv-00492-EKD)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg. Irene M. Keeley, Senior District Judge. (1:17-cv-00211-IMK)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston. John T. Copenhaver, Jr., Senior District Judge. (2:17-cv-04214)
Derek Owen Teaney, APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES, INC., Lewisburg, West Virginia; Christopher Stephen Johns, JOHNS & COUNSEL PLLC, Austin, Texas, for Appellants.
Wade Wallihan Massie, PENN, STUART & ESKRIDGE, Abingdon, Virginia; Nicolle Renee Snyder Bagnell, REED SMITH, LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.
Jeremy Hopkins, CRANFILL SUMNER & HARTZOG LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants in 18-1159 and 18-1242. Charles M. Lollar, LOLLAR LAW, PLLC, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellants in 18-1159, 18-1242, and 18-1300. Isak J. Howell, LAW OFFICE OF ISAK HOWELL, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellants in 18-1165, 18-1175, and 18-1300. Kevin DeTurris, BLANKINGSHIP & KEITH, P.C., Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellants in 18-1181. Stephen J. Clarke, WALDO & LYLE, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellants in 18-1187. Mark E. Frye, Seth M. Land, PENN, STUART & ESKRIDGE, Abingdon, Virginia; Colin E. Wrabley, REED SMITH LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.
In October 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the application of Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, to construct a natural gas pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia. Building and maintaining that pipeline would require access to thousands of private properties, under which the pipeline would be buried. Accordingly, the Commission's approval permits Mountain Valley to obtain easements along the pipeline route through eminent domain where it cannot do so through private agreements.
Mountain Valley successfully negotiated easements allowing access onto the land of most of the affected landowners. To obtain the rest of the required easements, it initiated condemnation proceedings. Three district courts granted partial summary judgment to Mountain Valley, recognizing its right to take the easements. And because the eminent domain proceedings - including multiple trials to determine the amount of just compensation for each easement - would take years to complete, the courts also issued preliminary injunctions granting Mountain Valley immediate possession of the easements, so that it could begin construction without delay. To ensure that the landowners would be compensated fully, the district courts required Mountain Valley to post deposits, which the landowners could draw upon while the proceedings continued.
On appeal, the landowners do not dispute the grant of partial summary judgment to Mountain Valley, conceding that Mountain Valley has the substantive right to take easements by eminent domain. Thus, the only question before us is whether Mountain Valley may gain access to those easements now, or whether it must wait to start construction until the district courts can sort out just compensation. We hold that the district courts did not abuse their discretion in allowing Mountain Valley immediate possession, and therefore affirm the injunction orders.
In October 2015, Mountain Valley applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or the "Commission") for authorization to construct a 303.5-mile-long, 42-inch-diameter pipeline from Wetzel County, West Virginia, to Pittsylvania County, Virginia. When complete, the pipeline would transport up to two million dekatherms of natural gas per day, enabling shippers to access markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast. Close to 300 parties, including residents and environmental groups, intervened in the Commission's process, and FERC received more than 2, 000 written and oral comments during its review.
On October 13, 2017, the Commission issued a "certificate of public convenience and necessity" (the "Certificate") under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717f(e). The Commission found that the proposed pipeline is in the public interest, would meet a market demand, and is "environmentally acceptable." J.A. 2853. The Certificate authorized Mountain Valley to construct and operate the proposed pipeline, contingent on numerous conditions. Most significant for this appeal, the Certificate requires that the pipeline be complete and available for service within three years - that is, by October 2020.
Under the Natural Gas Act, legal challenges to a Commission certificate and its underlying public-interest determination may proceed only through specified routes. A party wishing to contest a certificate first must apply for rehearing before the Commission. 15 U.S.C. § 717r(a). After that, review may be had in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia or another federal circuit court with jurisdiction. Id. § 717r(b). Here, though numerous parties have challenged the Certificate, their efforts thus far have been unsuccessful. In November 2017, various intervenors applied to the Commission for rehearing and a stay of the Certificate, which ultimately was denied. While that request was pending, at least three petitions for review and for stay pending review were filed with the D.C. Circuit, which denied the stay requests.[1] Appalachian Voices v. Fed. Energy Reg. Comm'n, No. 17-1271, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 2924 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 2, 2018). Importantly, the Certificate remains effective while these legal challenges proceed. See 15 U.S.C. § 717r(c) (neither the filing of an application for rehearing nor commencement of judicial proceedings stays a FERC order).
By late November 2017, within weeks of obtaining the Certificate, Mountain Valley had entered into three master construction services agreements to lay the pipeline. Mountain Valley sought to commence construction by February 2018 with completion anticipated for December 2018, well before the Commission's deadline of October 2020. Because tree-clearing in areas with protected bats must be completed during the winter season (between mid-November and March), even a brief delay would have postponed the project's start date until November 2018. However, Mountain Valley had developed a schedule to proceed in the event of that contingency, under which it still expected to meet the Commission's in-service deadline.
Mountain Valley acquired rights-of-way to portions of approximately 85 percent of the properties along the approved pipeline route in anticipation of construction. These include both permanent easements along the pipeline route, allowing its pipeline to lie underneath the land, and temporary easements for construction. However, Mountain Valley was unable to reach agreement with the hundreds of landowners who are now parties to this litigation (the "Landowners"[2]).
Under the Natural Gas Act, Mountain Valley's certificate entitles it to exercise the power of eminent domain to obtain any rights-of-way it cannot otherwise acquire, as necessary to construct, operate, or maintain the planned pipeline. See 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h). In other words, where Mountain Valley is unable to negotiate an easement with a landowner along the pipeline route, it may obtain a condemnation order granting an easement for a fair price set by the court.
Between receiving its Certificate in October 2017 and early December of that year, Mountain Valley commenced proceedings in three different district courts to condemn a 50-foot-wide path along the pipeline route in each jurisdiction. Within days of commencing each proceeding, Mountain Valley moved for partial summary judgment on its substantive right to take the easements by eminent domain. In the same motions, the company sought preliminary injunctions granting immediate access and possession during the pendency of the proceedings, in order to prevent construction delays.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the district courts granted Mountain Valley&#39;s motion in full.[3] As to partial summary judgment, the district courts each held that Mountain Valley was entitled, as a matter of law, to acquire the necessary easements along the pipeline route by eminent domain. Under 15 U.S.C. § 717f(h), the courts explained, the holder of a duly issued Commission certificate has the right to condemn property if it is necessary for pipeline construction and operation and cannot be acquired by private agreement. And that is so, they continued, regardless of pending legal challenges to that certificate or related litigation; only FERC itself or the appropriate court of appeals may stay enforcement of a Commission certificate while other legal proceedings are resolved. Because there was no ...