Mass Land Acquisition, LLC v. Dist. Ct. (sierra Pac. Power Co.)

Summary

The Nevada Supreme Court denied extraordinary writ relief challenging a regulated public utility's condemnation of an easement for an intrastate natural-gas pipeline. It held that the Nevada Constitution's private-to-private transfer restriction does not bar a private entity with delegated eminent-domain power from taking property for a statutorily defined public use, and that the district court properly resolved the public-use issue without a jury because no genuine factual dispute existed. The court also held that the completed pipeline did not moot the constitutional challenge because potential remedies remained available.