Frances Morris Discusses SCOTUS Case on Gas Pipelines in E&E News
Special Counsel Frances Morris was quote in the article, “Supreme Court pipeline case is a clash of conservative principles,” published by E&E News by POLITICO discussing how the case will decide whether pipeline companies must cover landowners’ legal fees in eminent domain fights.
The conflict between property rights and energy development makes it hard to predict how the court will rule. Frances emphasizes that pipeline companies are already familiar with the prospect of paying attorney fees when they lose condemnation cases.
“The administration is all for energy infrastructure,” said Frances, who formerly worked in the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the Department of Justice. “But this also implicates other really important concepts of states rights and property owners.”
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