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Subsurface Rights and Testing the Limits of Eminent Domain CLE - May 21

Posted on: May 21, 2026
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This CLE examines how Louisiana property law is being reshaped by the combined pressures of increasingly layered subsurface uses and the expanding use of eminent domain in modern energy infrastructure. Focusing on cases involving pipeline-on-pipeline servitudes, CCS and CO₂ pipeline expropriation, and recent judicial skepticism toward revenue-driven takings, the program explores how courts are being challenged to interpret traditional doctrines of servitude scope, exclusivity, and public use, and to reconcile longstanding property principles with evolving demands for infrastructure. It further examines how, under current case law and legislative developments, fundamental questions about who controls the subsurface and the limits of state-delegated taking power have emerged.

Speaker: Martha Thibaut, Assistant Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Location: NOBA Boardroom
650 Poydras Street, Suite 1505
New Orleans, LA 70130

Cost: NOBA member discount (in-person/includes lunch): $36.05
Non-member price (in-person/includes lunch): $56.65

Registration:

  1. Register Online
  2. Email Briana Nelms
  3. Call NOBA at (504) 525-7453

Please note our cancellation policy:
Payment is expected before the start of programs in order to attend. Cancellations must be received in writing two days in advance in order to receive a refund. No shows are not eligible for refunds and will be charged for the program, plus an administrative billing fee.