U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Catholic Order’s Fracking Pipeline Challenge

Mealey's (February 19, 2019, 10:15 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 19 denied review of an appeal by an order of Roman Catholic women who contend that a lower court incorrectly ruled that the Natural Gas Act (NGA) overrides the protections of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) with regard to the construction of a pipeline to carry hydraulically fractured gas across property owned by the order (Adorers of the Blood of Christ, United States Province, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, No. 18-548, U.S. Sup.)....