Gss, LLC, Appellant v. Centerpoint Energy Gas Transmission Company, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed a condemnation judgment awarding GSS $64,000 for a pipeline easement. It held that the circuit court properly excluded evidence concerning a contiguous parcel from a separate condemnation proceeding, correctly rejected GSS's federal-preemption and good-faith-negotiation arguments, and properly granted summary judgment against GSS's due-process counterclaims. Justice Hart, dissenting, would have reversed and remanded for a new trial because the excluded evidence was relevant to testing the condemning party's appraiser.