Argument that Texas eminent domain procedure violates due process rejected by Federal Appellate court

Last week, the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit considered a legal dispute between a landowner and the Trans-Pecos Pipeline project.  Specifically, the landowner claims that Texas eminent domain procedure violates the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution. The court declined to issue an injunction to stay the state court eminent domain proceedings, finding that the landowner was unlikely to succeed on the merits of his claim. Tiffani Lashmet discusses what this could mean for landowners on the Texas Ag Law Blog. Read more…