Amy L. Baird

Supreme Court Revises Test to Establish Common Carrier Status in Condemnation Cases
Amy L. Baird,Tré Fischer,Robert B. Neblett, March 8, 2012
On March 2, 2012, the Texas Supreme Court revised its opinion in the controversial case, Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd. v. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC. In its original decision, the Supreme Court held that merely filing the paperwork and offering to make the pipeline available for public use...

Supreme Court Rejects Railroad Commission Approval of Common Carrier Status in Condemnation Cases
Amy L. Baird,Joseph (Tre) A. Fisher,Robert B. Neblett, September 9, 2011
On August 26, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court reversed and remanded a decision by the Ninth Court of Appeals to affirm the common carrier status and the eminent domain authority of a carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline company, Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas LLC ("Denbury Green"). The Appellate...