Pacific Gas Transmission Company v. Richardson's Recreational Ranch, Ltd.

9 F.3d 1394 Util. L. Rep. P 13,963 PACIFIC GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHARDSON'S RECREATIONAL RANCH, LTD., an Oregon Limited Partnership; Johnnie W. Richardson, Defendants-Appellants. No. 91-36181. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 1, 1993. Decided Nov. 19, 1993. Roy Kilpatrick, Mt. Vernon, OR, for defendants-appellants. Bruce C. Hamlin and Thomas W. Sondag, Lane, Powell, Spears, Lubersky, Portland, OR, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER and HALL, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 This case arises out of the efforts of a property owner to prevent a natural gas company from entering his property to conduct surveys federal law requires of those carrying natural gas by pipeline. The company brought suit in federal court and obtained an injunction based on a right-of-way agreement it had negotiated in 1960 to build a pipeline. The property owner appeals. We affirm the narrow injunction the district court entered. BACKGROUND 2 Pacific Gas Transmission Company ("PGT"), a common carrier of natural…