In re SFPP Right-of-Way Claims

  1. May 24, 2017

    Landowners Denied Cert. In Union Pacific, Kinder Morgan Row

    A California federal judge declined Tuesday to certify a class of landowners challenging Union Pacific Railroad's and Kinder Morgan's use of a railroad right of way to lay pipelines, finding that the named plaintiffs had not shown their claims were typical of the claims of the proposed class, among other things.

  2. January 31, 2017

    Landowners Seek Cert. In Union Pacific, Kinder Morgan Suit

    Landowners challenging the use of railroad rights of way to lay pipelines pressed a California federal court on Monday for certification of their class claims against Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Kinder Morgan.

  3. July 20, 2016

    Landowners Press Union Pacific On Docs In Land Rights Fight

    Landowners challenging the use of railroad rights of way to lay pipelines told a California federal judge Tuesday that Union Pacific can't dodge its discovery obligations in a proposed class action by claiming it would be burdensome and inconvenient to unearth a trove of paper documents.

  4. July 12, 2016

    Union Pacific Urges Immediate Appeal Of Land Rights Ruling

    Union Pacific Railroad Co. continued Monday to urge a California federal court to let it immediately appeal an order defining its land use rights, as the railroad company and Kinder Morgan fight a proposed class action brought by landowners challenging the use of railroad rights of way to lay pipelines.

  5. July 05, 2016

    Kinder Morgan Says Railroad Can't Appeal Land Rights Ruling

    Kinder Morgan on Friday accused Union Pacific Railroad Company of trying to rehash issues from prior pipeline-rent litigation in a request to appeal an order defining its land use rights, as the two companies both fight off a proposed class action brought by landowners challenging the use of railroad rights of way to lay pipelines.

  6. June 21, 2016

    Union Pacific Wants Land-Use Questions Sent To 9th Circ.

    Union Pacific Railroad Co. has asked a California federal court to allow it to bring before the Ninth Circuit two questions of law concerning its rights under 19th-century railroad land grant statutes as it fights a group of consolidated lawsuits against the railroad and petroleum pipeline company Kinder Morgan.

  7. March 07, 2016

    Kinder Morgan Claims Subsurface Rights In Oil Pipe Row

    Petroleum pipeline company Kinder Morgan asked a California federal court Friday to declare that it owns the easement rights to run its pipeline underground in a community where residents contend they own the land and should be paid for its subsurface use.

  8. December 15, 2015

    Union Pacific Seeks Dismissal Of Class Easement Claims

    Union Pacific Railroad Co. asked a California federal judge on Monday to dismiss claims by landowners seeking payment for the construction of a pipeline under a railroad easement, saying they can't prove they own the land or are owed money for its use.

  9. November 03, 2015

    Firms Spar Over Leadership In Railroad Easement Class Action

    Law firms took turns questioning each other's legal chops in warring opposition memorandums Monday over who will serve as interim class counsel representing California landowners in a federal suit against Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Kinder Morgan alleging illegally granted easements.

  10. August 10, 2015

    JPML Won't Join Union Pacific Pipeline Rent Suits

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Monday declined to centralize proceedings for three suits lodged by landowners against Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Kinder Morgan alleging illegally granted easements, saying there were few enough parties that collaboration could be completed informally.