Pipeline Developer Takes on New Jersey in Supreme Court Fight

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case pitting states’ rights advocates against energy companies.

New Jersey and backers of the $1 billion PennEast natural gas pipeline face off over developers’ effort to seize state land along the project’s route.

It’s the latest in a series of pipeline cases to reach the Supreme Court in the past year, an outgrowth of sweeping litigation surrounding a nationwide expansion of oil and gas infrastructure over the past decade. The justices heard an Atlantic Coast pipeline case a year ago, and fielded a flurry of filings involving Keystone XL last summer. ...