Keystone Pipeline Nebraska Path Argued at Top State Court
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TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline’s route through Nebraska can be legally chosen by Governor Dave Heineman and the company, a lawyer for the state told its top court, asking for reversal of a lower-court ruling that the power belongs to the state Public Service Commission.
The three landowners who sued weren’t harmed by the decision and lack the necessary legal right to pursue the case, state Deputy Attorney General Katherine Spohn told the Nebraska Supreme Court today in Lincoln, the capital.