Religious Order Faces Stiff Questioning From 3rd Circuit In Fracking Pipeline Case

Mealey's (September 16, 2022, 1:10 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The attorney for an order of Roman Catholic women faced immediate and more pointed questioning than did the attorney for a hydraulic fracturing pipeline company during oral arguments before the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 15 as they debated the order’s rights to damages under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in connection with a pipeline that crosses under the order’s property....