AG Opinion from the Palmetto State: No eminent domain for oil & gas

In a long attorney general opinion, relying on case law from Nevada to Florida, the attorney general of South Carolina has issued an opinion that an oil and gas pipeline in all likelihood does not get the privilege of eminent domain.

The opinion discusses South Carolina Courts, and other courts, striking down eminent domain for private companies. 

Its a trend that has been sweeping the nation from courts to legislatures. Everyone is looking for a public use connected to the land that is being taken.

South Carolina Attorney General Opinion (Kinder Morgan Pipeline and Power of Eminent Domain)