Nebraska Keystone XL Decision: "Legislation Stands by Default"
Nebraska High Court Tosses Suit Over Keystone Pipeline Route
(Grant SCHULTE, Associated Press; January 9, 2015)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KEYSTONE_PIPELINE_NEBRASKA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
"Four judges on the seven-member Nebraska Supreme Court said the landowners should have won their challenge to the 2012 state law that allowed the governor to empower Calgary-based TransCanada to force them to sell their property for the project. But because the case raised a constitutional question, a supermajority of five judges was needed to rule on the law."
Nebraska Supreme Court Backs Keystone XL Pipeline Route
(Aruna VISWANATHA and Patrick RUCKER, Reuters; January 9, 2015)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/09/us-usa-keystone-court-idUSKBN0KI1FV20150109
Excerpt from Reuters Article:
"The court's decision allows the U.S. State Department to decide whether the pipeline meant to carry Canadian oil sands fuel would be in the national interest, a necessary step for the cross-border energy project."
(Grant SCHULTE, Associated Press; January 9, 2015)
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KEYSTONE_PIPELINE_NEBRASKA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Excerpt from AP Article:
"Four judges on the seven-member Nebraska Supreme Court said the landowners should have won their challenge to the 2012 state law that allowed the governor to empower Calgary-based TransCanada to force them to sell their property for the project. But because the case raised a constitutional question, a supermajority of five judges was needed to rule on the law."
Nebraska Supreme Court Backs Keystone XL Pipeline Route
(Aruna VISWANATHA and Patrick RUCKER, Reuters; January 9, 2015)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/09/us-usa-keystone-court-idUSKBN0KI1FV20150109
Excerpt from Reuters Article:
"The court's decision allows the U.S. State Department to decide whether the pipeline meant to carry Canadian oil sands fuel would be in the national interest, a necessary step for the cross-border energy project."
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