Crude-Oil Pipeline: Pontiac to Patoka
Pantagraph, October 1, 2007
LeRoy attorney and political activist is recruiting clients to fight an eminent-domain request to build a crude-oil pipeline from Pontiac to Patoka in Southern Illinois.
Millions of dollars in payments to landowners hang in the outcome of Enbridge Inc’s request from eminent domain.
Enbridge spokesperson has repeatedly said eminent domain is a last resort.
-It is good to see an activist fight the condemnation process. However, each landowner should protect their individual interest on the damage claims. The same attorney can do this, but each owner should look to the individual claim that they may present. Otherwise, they may find themselves in front of a group of special masters who have no understanding of the issues at hand and face the possibility of no just compensation.
