Briefly:  3rd Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing Of Nuns’ RFRA Pipeline Challenge

Mealey's (January 12, 2023, 11:20 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a petition for rehearing en banc sought by Roman Catholic nuns who disagreed with a panel’s decision that their opposition to a hydraulic fracturing pipeline underneath the grounds of their property pursuant to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) constituted a collateral attack on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the project....