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Luke Ellis is Quoted Regarding New Rules Modifying Pipeline Companies
By Max B. Baker Star-Telegram (Fort Worth) The Texas Railroad Commission has approved new rules modifying what pipeline operators must do to become common carriers and possibly get the power to condemn land for their projects. Luke Ellis, an Austin attorney, also said...
Hill Country Alliance Workshop
Luke Ellis was invited to speak at the Hill Country Alliance Workshop in Fredericksburg, Texas on September 6, 2014. The Workshop was planned for all potentially impacted landowners by the proposed substation and transmission line planned for the Blumenthal area,...
New Rules Proposed on Eminent Domain Process for New Pipelines
By Max B. Baker Star-Telegram To be frank, the idea of a pipeline running across his prairie really ticked off cattleman Pete Bonds. But not to be paid a fair price for the land only made him madder. Bonds, who owns 1,000 acres northwest of Fort Worth near Saginaw,...
Hidalgo County Bar Association
Luke Ellis was invited to speak at the Hidalgo County Bar Association in McAllen on July 2, 2014 in response to several large eminent domain/condemnation projects in the area including Electric Transmission Texas, LLC’s proposed North-Edinburg to Loma Alta...
Luke Ellis Speaks to Hood County Bar Association About Pipeline Easement Takings And Private Property Rights
Luke Ellis was invited to speak at the Hood County Bar Association in Granbury on May 23, 2014 in response to several planned pipeline projects in the area. He discussed the for-profit oil and gas industry and its power to condemn private land. Luke discussed the...
Red River Ranchers Fear Losing Land to Feds
By Bill Hanna Star-Telegram ELECTRA — Inside his local bank, Terry McAlister pulls the tattered documents out of the safe-deposit box. The abstract of title, which includes pages that have been affixed to newer pieces of paper to keep them from fraying, dates to 1899....
Jury awards landowner $2.1 million in condemnation case
JMEH partners Luke Ellis and Justin Hodge represented a landowner in a jury trial over the disputed value of a pipeline easement. The Plaintiff pipeline company had offered $80,000. After a week-long trial, the jury returned a verdict of $1.6 million, which resulted...
Texas Bar Association Invites Two Partners to Present at Feb. 6 Program on Damages in Civil Litigation
Justin Hodge and Chris Johns, two JMEH partners, will present “Property Damages: Valuing Property Rights in Condemnation, Groundwater, and Oil-and-Gas Disputes” at the Texas Bar CLE’s Program on Damages in Civil Litigation on Feb. 6, 2014. The presentation will take...
Houston Partner Presents on Developing Probate Litigation Practice
JMEH Partner Joe Marrs, upon invitation from the Houston Bar Association, presented on developing a probate litigation practice on June 20, 2013 as part of the HBA’s CLE program.
University of Texas Law School Invites Two Partners to Speak at Houston Event
The University of Texas Law School invited partners Luke Ellis and Justin Hodge to speak at its 2013 Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute event held in Houston. The two presented a session titled “Supreme Court Landowner Condemnation—Landowner...