Maryland landowners appeal ruling that allows surveys for Piedmont power line

Maryland landowners appeal ruling that allows surveys for Piedmont power line

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sits in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)About 60 Maryland landowners are looking to block a federal district court ruling that said workers for the proposed Piedmont power line could go on private property to survey for the project without the landowners’ permission. In their appeal Tuesday to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the landowners said the ruling last last week by U.…