Close Armstrong LLC v. Trunkline Gas Company
Plaintiff: Close Armstrong LLC
Defendant: Trunkline Gas Company
Case Number: 3:2018cv00270
Filed: April 17, 2018
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Office: South Bend Office
County: Starke
Presiding Judge: Philip P Simon
Presiding Judge: Michael G Gotsch
Nature of Suit: All Other Real Property
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332
Jury Demanded By: None

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March 7, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 284 OPINION AND ORDER: The court DENIES AS MOOT Trunkline's renewed motion to exclude Mr. Anspach 260 and DENIES IN PART the landowners motion to exclude Dr. Baumguard, Mr. Zellman, and Mr. Enerson 262 , except as to any testimony on the impact o f a Natural Resources Conservation Service wetlands easement on the 100 Line. The court also GRANTS Trunkline's motion to seal the landowners' motion to exclude 263 , with a redacted version of the expert report available on the record [263-1]. Signed by Judge Damon R Leichty on 3/6/24. Associated Cases: 3:18-cv-00270-DRL, 3:18-cv-00494-DRL-MGG (dnj)
March 31, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 253 OPINION AND ORDER: The court GRANTS IN PART summary judgment for Trunkline as to the fixation of its reserved, future, moveable, and not yet exercised rights, and DENIES IN PART summary judgment for Trunkline as to the fixation of the corridor surrou nding the 100 Line for that one use [ECF 221 ]; and DENIES summary judgment for the Dicksons and Close Armstrong [ECF 212 ], leaving again the only genuine factual issue for a bench trial. Because this decision may alter the world in which evidence bears on trial, the court DENIES with leave to renew Trunkline's motion to exclude opinion testimony [ECF 211 ]. By separate order, the court will set a Zoom scheduling conference to address scheduling and next steps after conferring with counsel. Signed by Judge Damon R Leichty on 3/31/2023. (dk)
March 31, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 173 OPINION AND ORDER: The Court DENIES Trunklines Motion for Leave to File Surreply in opposition to Close Armstrongs Renewed Motion to Compel. [DE 164 ]. The Court also GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the Dicksons Motion to Compel [DE 141 ] and Close Armstrongs Renewed Motion to Compel [DE 158 ]. Trunkline shall supplement its production in response to the Dicksons and Close Armstrongs discovery requests as specified in the order by no later than April 15, 2021. The Court DENIES Plaintif fs requests for attorney fees under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5). The parties are all REMINDED that Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e) and this Courts Scheduling Order requires supplementation of all discovery responses every six weeks until trial. All parties are ADMONISHED not to interpret any part of this Opinion and Order as authority for a generalized fishing expedition. The Court GRANTS IN PART the parties Joint Motion [DE 160 ] to set new case management deadlines. The Courts Rule 16(b) Scheduling Orders related to Phase II of this litigation are AMENDED as follows: Mediation Deadline: June 1, 2021; Initial Expert Disclosure Deadline: June 8, 2021; Rebuttal Expert Disclosure Deadline: July 20, 2021; Non-dispositive, discovery-related motion Deadline: September 15, 2021; Completion of all fact and expert discovery: October 15, 2021; Dispositive Motion Deadline: November 15, 2021. Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael G Gotsch, Sr on 3/31/21. (jld)
January 21, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 117 OPINION AND ORDER: The court GRANTS IN PART summary judgment for Trunkline 69 , 72 , but only in this manner for phase I. Whether the easement on each property has become subject to an equitable limitation or fixed by selection, use, or consent under Indiana law, and what the scope of the one easement ultimately will be under this mixed question of law and fact, such issues are reserved for phase II. The court DENIES AS MOOT Trunkline's motions to strike affirmative defenses and exhibits 97 , 101 for purposes of phase I. Signed by Judge Damon R Leichty on 1/21/2020. (lhc)
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Plaintiff: Close Armstrong LLC
Represented By: Jere L Humphrey
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Defendant: Trunkline Gas Company
Represented By: A Richard M Blaiklock
Represented By: Ryan J Vershay
Represented By: Thomas A Withrow
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