28169_1 | 5th Cir. | May 18, 1970
421 F.2d 1397" date_filed="1970-05-18" court="5th Cir." case_name="Butell Robinson and Donald Robinson v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, Edward R. Breedlove v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation">421 F.2d 1397
Butell ROBINSON and Donald Robinson, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.
Edward R. BREEDLOVE, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE LINE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 28169.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
February 4, 1970.
Rehearing Denied March 3, 1970.
Certiorari Denied May 18, 1970.
See 90 S. Ct. 1695" date_filed="1970-05-18" court="SCOTUS" case_name="Dean v. United States">90 S. Ct. 1695.
Joseph E. Cheeley, Buford, Ga., H. A. Stephens, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants; Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler, Martin & Lowe, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel.
Albert G. Norman, Jr., Jefferson D. Kirby, III, Allen Post, Atlanta, Ga., W. Howard Fowler, Lawrenceville, Ga., for defendant-appellee; Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Atlanta, Ga., Webb & Fowler, Lawrenceville, Ga., of counsel.
Before JONES, BELL and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
The district court concluded in a full opinion that Transcontinental was empowered to condemn a right of way under the applicable Georgia Condemnation statute, Ga.Laws, 1929, p. 219 et seq., Ga.Code Annot. § 36-201.1 (1969 Supp.); Botts v. Southeastern Pipeline Company, 190 Ga. 689" date_filed="1940-06-21" court="Ga." case_name="Botts v. Southeastern Pipe-Line Co.">190 Ga. 689, 700, 10 S.E.2d 375 (1940), although the Federal Power Commission had not issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity under the Natural Gas Act. 15 U.S.C.A. § 717f(c). We agree. The Georgia statute is a grant of the state power of eminent domain, separate and distinct from the federal power of eminent domain as granted under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717f(h). No such certificate is required under the Georgia statute nor does the Natural Gas Act require such a certificate as a condition precedent to the use of the Georgia statute. Cf. Oakland Club v. South Carolina Public Service Commission, 4 Cir., 1940, 110 F.2d 84" date_filed="1940-03-11" court="4th Cir." case_name="Oakland Club v. South Carolina Public Service Authority">110 F.2d 84; Stitt v. Manufacturers Light and Heat Co., 39 F.P.C. 323 (1968).
Affirmed.