In what appears to be a Keystone XL pipeline turnaround, or at least reconsideration, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a farmer who is challenging TransCanada’s “right” to lay the pipeline.
The court has ruled in favor of landowner Julia Trigg Crawford, ordering TransCanada to submit information by Feb. 6 as the justices weigh arguments to hear the case regarding eminent domain abuse, according to local media.
Activists say the Texas’s highest court delivered a victory for pipeline opponents and landowners fighting what they say is TransCanada’s overreach on property rights. At the heart of Crawford’s case is the ability of TransCanada, a foreign corporation, to use eminent domain under the state’s “common carrier” clause since their pipeline transports 90 percent Canadian tar sands and 10 percent North Dakota oil.
Check out the video below and also the campaign, Stand Tall With Julia.
Also, for more information, check out this Occupy.com article.
Stand Tall from Rebecca Jane Rodriguez on Vimeo.
