Colorado court rules against Wyoming gas pipeline

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that a Wyoming pipeline company has no right to condemn property in Colorado for a high-pressure petroleum pipeline to a Commerce City refinery that homeowners complained would be too dangerous. In a ruling handed down Monday, the court said the Colorado Legislature did not intend to include oil and gasoline pipelines in laws that allowed railroads and utilities to take the property they needed for their services. The ruling does not affect natural gas pipelines, which are regulated by the federal government...more