Town of Dish v. Atmos Energy Corp.

摘要

Texas town and residents may not bring nuisance and trespass Texas common law claims against energy companies for noise and odor emissions from companies' four natural gas compressor stations and metering station, because: (1) metering station presented unrebutted evidence that metering stations could not be responsible for emissions listed in complaint, (2) applicable statute of limitations is two years under Texas law, (3) claims for compressor stations accrued at latest when last station completed construction and began operations more than two years before town and residents filed claims, and (4) residents' subjective beliefs that conditions worsened and claims accrued within two-year statute of limitations was not corroborated by objective evidence.