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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 278.470 (2026)

Companies transporting oil or gas by pipeline are common carriers

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Every company receiving, transporting or delivering a supply of oil or natural gas for public consumption is declared to be a common carrier, and the receipt, transportation and delivery of natural gas into, through and from a pipeline operated by any such company is declared to be a public use. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3766b-1b.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1964–2024 · leading case: Bluegrass Pipeline Co. v. Kentuckians United to Restrain Eminent Domain, Inc., 478 S.W.3d 386 (Ky. Ct. App. 2015).
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Bluegrass Pipeline Co. v. Kentuckians United to Restrain Eminent Domain, Inc., 478 S.W.3d 386 (Ky. Ct. App. 2015). “675 [(statute defining public use as it relates to the Kentucky Eminent Domain Act)], and KRS 278.470 [ (statute stating that the delivery of natural gas through a pipeline is a public use)] to use eminent domain to condemn properties to install a natural gas liquids pipeline…”
Workman v. Columbia Nat. Resources, 864 F. Supp. 638 (E.D. Ky. 1994). “§ 278.470: Companies transporting oil or gas by pipeline are common carriers.”
City of Bardstown v. Louisville Gas & Elec. Co., 383 S.W.2d 918 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). · cites it 2× “Under KRS 278.470 any company “receiving, transporting or delivering a supply of * * * natural gas for public consumption” is declared to be a “common carrier,” and the “receipt, transportation and delivery of natural gas into, through and from a pipeline operated by any such…”
Milam v. Viking Energy Holdings, LLC, 370 S.W.3d 530 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012). “Viking Oil and Gas, LLC, is a “common carrier,” as defined in KRS 278.470, and its acquisition and use of easements and gas pipelines for the transmission of natural gas produced in Richardsville, Kentucky, to Atmos Energy Management, LLC in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for public…”
Marilyn Rummage Muerdter v. Louisville Gas & Elec. Co. (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “Additionally, LG&E is a common carrier under -10- KRS 278.470: “Every company receiving, transporting, or delivering a supply of oil or natural gas for public consumption is declared to be a common carrier, and the receipt, transportation, and delivery of natural gas into,…”
Brackett v. Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC (W.D. Ky. 2024). “at 642 (citing KRS 278.470), abrogated on other grounds by James v.”
Huddleston v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of the United States (In re Langford), 32 B.R. 746 (W.D. Ky. 1982). · cites it 2× “Langford subsequently converted the proceeding to a Chapter 11 reorganization and, at the request of creditors, 4 a trustee was appointed to manage the bankrupt estate. On May 1, 1981 the trustee filed this proceeding, alleging that Equitable is an owner-operator of a line for…”
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