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Attorney: Landowners still have options in pipeline dispute

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline say they'll continue to fight the project even though the state's Supreme Court allowed its planned route to stand.

Omaha attorney Dave Domina said Monday that landowners on the route can challenge the project again once pipeline developer TransCanada uses eminent domain to get access to their property. Domina says such cases could take two to three years to resolve.

The court on Friday ruled against three landowners who tried to invalidate Nebraska's pipeline-siting law. Four judges deemed the law unconstitutional, but the other three wouldn't review the issue, saying the landowners lacked legal standing. Five were needed to overturn it.

A TransCanada spokesman says offers to landowners will expire this week, at which point the company can begin eminent domain proceedings.

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