Thor Hearne joins Episode 49 of the Eminent Domain Podcast as part of the "War Stories" series.  Thor discusses various cases from his career, including cases involving railroad and pipeline easements and the St. Bernard Parish flooding case.

In Episode 48 of the Eminent Domain Podcast, Josh Baker joins the podcast to discuss a story about a property viewing in an inverse condemnation case.  The story takes a funny turn when a swan begins to threaten the jury.

In Episode 47 of the Eminent Domain Podcast, Carolyn Elefant joins the podcast to discuss the FERC approval process.  She also discusses the D.C. Circuit oral argument that recently occurred in the case of Alleghany Defense Fund v. FERC.  The Alleghany Defense Fund case considers the question of whether FERC can play "four corners" with the administrative review process to effectively moot a challenge to FERC approval.

In Episode 46 of the Eminent Domain Podcast, Steve Silva joins to share a "war story" about his favorite settlement that displayed some out of the box thinking.

In Episode 45 of the Eminent Domain Podcast, Nancie Marzulla joins to share a story about a case involving a taking at Dallas Love Field. I then share some thoughts about finding meaning when our work is disrupted.

In Episode 44 of the Eminent Domain Podcast, we are joined by Philip Hundl from Wharton, Texas and Tony DellaPelle from Morristown, New Jersey.  Both are experienced practitioners and give great insight in their interviews.  Additionally, I share some thoughts on practicing law while "sheltered in place" as I enter week 3 of working remotely.

In Episode 43 of the Eminent Domain Podcast, Dana Berliner, Litigation Director for the the Institute for Justice joins.  We discuss interesting stories from her career including her involvement of Kelo v. City of New London and a story where the condemnor backed down.

In Episode 42 of the Eminent Domain Podcast, Robert McNamara of the Institute for Justice joins.  We discuss the Carousel Farms v. Woodcrest Homes case out of Colorado that has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Also joining the interview is William & Mary law student, Delia Root, who discussed her experience at the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Conference, her experience in Professor Thomas' class, and her paper on taking liability for government inaction.

In Episode 41 of the Eminent Domain Podcast,  we have the first round of interviews from the ALI CLE national Eminent Domain Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.  Joining the podcast are law students Benny Zhang, Andrew Parslow, Kelsey Abell, and Joe Melton.  It was a great pleasure to speak to each of them.  

I also discuss a recent case from the Texas Supreme Court - Copano Energy v. Stanley D. Bujnoch, Life Estate.

In this episode, we consider the question of whether a pipeline has the right to take if it is transporting product that is not used within the state it is crossing.