{"id":8776,"date":"2020-05-15T01:38:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T06:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=8776"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:19:17","slug":"may-15-2020-weekly-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2020\/05\/15\/may-15-2020-weekly-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"May 15, 2020 Weekly Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday!\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a busy couple of weeks on the ag law front.\u00a0 Here are some of the cases in the news.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8796\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8796\" class=\"wp-image-8796\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2020\/05\/david-beale-lQR8yeDzek-unsplash-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2020\/05\/david-beale-lQR8yeDzek-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2020\/05\/david-beale-lQR8yeDzek-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2020\/05\/david-beale-lQR8yeDzek-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2020\/05\/david-beale-lQR8yeDzek-unsplash-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2020\/05\/david-beale-lQR8yeDzek-unsplash-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2020\/05\/david-beale-lQR8yeDzek-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by David Beale on Unsplash<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>*Appellate court finds Texas Central Railroad is a &#8220;railroad company&#8221; and an &#8220;interurban electric railway.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 One of the main legal battles over the proposed high speed rail project in Central Texas has been whether the builder, Texas Central Railroad &amp; Infrastructure, Inc. qualifies as a &#8220;railroad company&#8221; or an &#8220;interurban electric railway.&#8221;\u00a0 If so, the company would likely be entitled to use eminent domain to condemn property upon which it will build the train tracks.\u00a0 Opponents have argued that because the company currently owns not trains or tracks, they do not qualify and, therefore, are not entitled to use eminent domain.\u00a0 \u00a0A Leon County Judge previously sided with the challengers, ruling the company did not qualify under either definition.\u00a0 Last week, the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals reversed that decision, holding that Texas Central Railroad &amp; Infrastructure was both a railroad company and an interurban electric railway.\u00a0 \u00a0[Read <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2020\/05\/Opinion-here.pdf\">Opinion here<\/a>.]\u00a0 An appeal is expected.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got a full blog post on this opinion coming soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*SCOTUS remands\u00a0<em>Kinder Morgan<\/em> indirect discharge case back to 4th Circuit.<\/strong>\u00a0 As was expected, the United States Supreme Court remanded the\u00a0<em>Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP v. Upstate Forever\u00a0<\/em>so that the case may be considered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in light of the Court&#8217;s &#8220;functional equivalent&#8221; test as set forth in\u00a0<em>County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund.<\/em>\u00a0 [Read more on\u00a0<em>County of Maui<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2020\/04\/27\/us-supreme-court-decides-maui-county-clean-water-act-case\/\">here<\/a>.]\u00a0 In <em>Kinder Morgan<\/em>, The Supreme Court had previously accepted certiorari on the case, but had not moved forward with oral argument.\u00a0 [Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/environment-and-energy\/supreme-court-sends-back-pipeline-spill-case-after-maui-ruling\">here<\/a> and remand order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/050420zor_k5fl.pdf\">here<\/a>.]\u00a0 To hear me chat about the\u00a0<em>County of Maui<\/em> opinion and potential impacts with two of the leading water law scholars in the US, be sure to check out the newest Ag Law in the Field episode that will release next Thursday morning.\u00a0 [Click <a href=\"https:\/\/aglaw.libsyn.com\/\">here<\/a> or listen on your favorite podcast app.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Vista Ridge pipeline begins delivering water to San Antonio.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve been a blog follower for several years, you&#8217;ll remember we extensively discussed the Vista Ridge pipeline project that pipes groundwater from rural Burleson and Milam Counties to San Antonio.\u00a0 [Read prior blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2014\/10\/08\/proposed-texas-water-pipeline-causes-controversy\/\">here<\/a>.]\u00a0 Recently, the first deliveries pursuant to that project began. [Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/local\/article\/Like-it-or-not-Vista-Ridge-pipeline-now-15260352.php\">here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>*NALC publishes compilation of state&#8217;s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (&#8220;Drone&#8221;) laws.\u00a0<\/strong> The National Agriculture Law Center is famous for their state-by-state compilation resources and they&#8217;ve added a new topic recently: Drones.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalaglawcenter.org\/state-compilations\/uav\/?fbclid=IwAR3baehY5HrTzyifkE-cGo9QurvVZvdEeBl-YRzOrvLLSj2FHQVMMPxdKF4\">Click here<\/a> to see their 50 -state compilation of drone laws and regulations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Upcoming Presentations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I do not currently have anything scheduled in the next two weeks, but I&#8217;ve got several potential webinars in the hopper, so be sure to keep an eye on my &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/upcoming-presentations\/\">Upcoming Presentations<\/a>&#8221; page to know when and where I&#8217;ll be popping up!\u00a0 Also, don&#8217;t forget about our Online Ranchers Leasing Workshop, which will allow you to access our three-hour long leasing workshop from the comfort of your own home, anytime you like, at your own pace.\u00a0 For more information or to register, <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilifelearn.tamu.edu\/s\/product\/online-ranchers-leasing-workshop\/01t4x000002ciNZAAY\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday!\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a busy couple of weeks on the ag law front.\u00a0 Here are some of the cases in the news. *Appellate court finds Texas Central Railroad is a &#8220;railroad company&#8221; and an &#8220;interurban electric railway.&#8221;\u00a0 One of the main legal battles over the proposed high speed rail project in Central Texas has been whether the builder, Texas Central Railroad &amp; Infrastructure, Inc. qualifies as a &#8220;railroad company&#8221; or an &#8220;interurban electric railway.&#8221;\u00a0 If so, the company would likely be entitled to use eminent domain to&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2020\/05\/15\/may-15-2020-weekly-round-up\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2444,"featured_media":8796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,46,12,39,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clean-water-act","category-drones","category-eminent-domain","category-water-pipeline-projects","category-weekly-round-up"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>May 15, 2020 Weekly Round Up - Texas Agriculture Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2020\/05\/15\/may-15-2020-weekly-round-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"May 15, 2020 Weekly Round Up - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Happy Friday!\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a busy couple of weeks on the ag law front.\u00a0 Here are some of the cases in the news. *Appellate court finds Texas Central Railroad is a &#8220;railroad company&#8221; and an &#8220;interurban electric railway.&#8221;\u00a0 One of the main legal battles over the proposed high speed rail project in Central Texas has been whether the builder, Texas Central Railroad &amp; Infrastructure, Inc. qualifies as a &#8220;railroad company&#8221; or an &#8220;interurban electric railway.&#8221;\u00a0 If so, the company would likely be entitled to use eminent domain to... 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