Ohio family battles pipeline company to keep preserved farmland intact
Thursday, December 8, 2022
The Bailey family has continued to battle Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. in court, opposing the construction of a natural gas pipeline across their preserved farmland in Union County, Ohio, according to Farm and Dairy.
Ohio’s Third District Court of Appeals heard oral arguments for two linked cases, Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. v. Patrick E. Bailey, et al. and Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. v. Don Bailey Jr., et al. on Nov. 22. The linked cases before the court appeal a Union County Common Pleas Court ruling in April that dismissed Columbia Gas’s request to use eminent domain for pipeline construction.
The Bailey family is asking the appeals court to uphold the lower court’s dismissal of the eminent domain request, based on inconsistencies in the language used in documents provided to the lower court and those reviewed by the Ohio Power Siting Board — the same reasoning that led to the lower court’s decision in April.
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