SCOTUS Blog·1 hour ago·Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 9:30 AM

Justices dubious of fee award in eminent domain dispute about interstate pipeline

The argument yesterday in Hoffmann v. WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. left little doubt about how the justices will resolve this one: they seem unlikely to hold that the gas company condemning land for a federally approved pipeline should have to pay attorneys’ fees that the United States would not have to pay if it condemned the land directly.

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