Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. Gault
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
198 F.2d 196 (4th Cir. 1952)
Transcontinental (defendant) built a Federal Power Commission-approved compressor gas station near residential homes owned by Gault and others (plaintiffs), whose noise and vibration nuisance suit led the district court to grant a conditional injunction delaying enforcement to let Transcontinental attempt remediation, with the option for Transcontinental to seek alternative relief (such as damages) if remediation proved impossible.
Whether a natural-gas transmission corporation may be subject to an injunction for performing acts necessary to its lawful federal authority that would otherwise constitute a public nuisance, so long as it takes reasonable ameliorative steps.