JUDGE SLAMS LANDOWNERS IN CANADIAN PIPELINE RULING

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OIL_PIPELINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-23-13-59-11

HOUSTON (AP) -- The ruling came down in a brief, late-night email, 15 words that slammed the yearslong effort of a Texas landowner to prevent a Canadian company from occupying part of her family's 65-year-old farm to run an oil pipeline from Alberta to Gulf Coast refineries.

As shocking as the ruling was, Julia Trigg Crawford, the third-generation manager of the Red'Arc farm in Direct, Texas, vowed Thursday to fight on, just hours after Lamar County Court-at-Law Judge Bill Harris ruled TransCanada could be considered a "common carrier" and use eminent domain to condemn a section of her land for the Keystone XL pipeline.

"It's kind of like there's a bully in the playground and until someone gets their nose bloodied they will keep going," said Crawford, already on her way to Washington.

TransCanada welcomed the judge's decision.

[PDJane]

1. TransCanada would.

I don't. I think that the whole pipeline should be abandoned because of the leaks that will inevitably occur. It's disgusting.

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2. Common carrier

Sounds like a ------ disease. Like greed.

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3. "Common Carrier" has a long history under the Common Law.

Bascially a "Common Carrier" is an individual or business that advertises to the public that it is available for hire to transport people or property in exchange for a fee.

A common carrier is legally bound to carry all passengers or freight as long as there is enough space, the fee is paid, and no reasonable grounds to refuse to do so exist. A common carrier that unjustifiably refuses to carry a particular person or cargo may be sued for damages.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Common+carrier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier

The term "Common Carrier" has a long history in England and the United States. Buses, Trains, Trucks, Barges, Ships and planes and other such means of transport are all "Common Carriers" if they hold themselves out as a means to transport goods or people from one place to another, provided it is something there do all the time for anyone who wants to pay (i.e. not a one time deal for a friend).