A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened

Pipeline firm’s lawsuit blitz hits a wall in South Dakota as landowners push back

A carbon pipeline project stretching across five Midwest states faces an uncertain future after aggressive legal tactics by Summit Carbon Solutions sparked fierce opposition and new restrictions in South Dakota. Eric Ferkenhoff and Josh Kelety report for Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press.In short: Summit Carbon Solutions filed 232 lawsuits against landowners in the Midwest, including 156 eminent domain cases in South Dakota alone, attem…

Jared Bossly planted soy on a 2023 spring night at his 809,4-hectare (2,000 acres) farm in South Dakota when he saw a police vehicle parked on the corner of his property.

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Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit. “I’m like, ‘Well, I doubt he’s just being a friendly neighbor, giving a guy a beer at eight o’clock at night,’” said Bossly, 43. He was right. The sheriff’s deputy served him court papers. Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind a …

Takeaways from AP and Lee's report on a pipeline company's lawsuits against Midwest farmers

The company behind a massive proposed carbon pipeline in the Midwestern U.S. filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years.

A pipeline company sought to grab land from 'hundreds' of people. Now its project is threatened

As it sought to obtain land for a nearly $9 billion project spanning five Midwest states, a carbon pipeline company unleashed a barrage of eminent domain lawsuits against landowners.