Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear PennEast Pipeline Company LLC’s bid to seize land owned by the state of New Jersey to build a $1 billion natural gas pipeline, according to Reuters.

The Supreme Court agreed to take up an appeal by PennEast Pipeline Company LLC — a joint venture backed by a consortium of energy companies — of a lower court ruling in favor of New Jersey’s government, which opposed the bid to seize land.

The case hinges on the court’s interpretation of a 1938 U.S. law called the Natural Gas Act that allows private energy companies to seize “necessary” parcels of land for a project if they have obtained a certificate from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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