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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Brown denies remand to a private landowner in coastal Louisiana that seeks to evict a natural gas pipeline company and removal of its pipelines after a 20-year lease agreement expired. The 15,000-acre landowner, which also issues annual fishing and hunting permits, unsuccessfully argues that because the tenant’s annual rent was only $2,500, it would take 30 years of nonpayment of rent to reach the $75,000 minimum for federal jurisdiction. The ruling finds the landowner’s proposed annual rent of $6,000 with periodic increases is more appropriate; raising the disputed minimum of the 20-year lease to at least $120,000. The energy company says it would cost at least $75,000 to remove its pipelines and equipment.