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National Eminent Domain Blog

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 16:47:47

Residents Leaving Baltimore

Posted on June 27, 2008
WJZ.comBaltimore's use of eminent domain and high property taxes have caused residents and businesses to leave the city, according to a report by a Loyola College economist.The city's policies especially in the developing Charles Center neighborhood and the Inner Harbor have resulted in Baltimore's high crime rate, poverty and declining neighborhoods, Stephen J...

US 24 Taking

Posted on June 24, 2008
Toledo BladeThe state wants to use a small part of the land of Eugene Ward, on Box Road near Grand Rapids, Ohio, for the new U.S. 24. ODOT is offering Mr. Ward $300 for the land; Mr. Ward is holding out for $3,000. A surveyor’s measurement is in question...

Uphill Battle in Rail Condemnation

Posted on June 18, 2008
Grand Forks HeraldThe signatures still need to be verified, but a group trying to keep a South Dakota law on land condemnation from going into effect has turned in petitions to put the issue on the November ballot.The group Protect Private Property wants to kill the law passed this year that would speed the hearing process for a railroad to take property under eminent domain...

Local Government Attacks Private Use

Posted on June 16, 2008
DelMarvaNowRepresentative of local governments across the state are criticizing a bill that limits the use of eminent domain in Delaware to public purposes. The bill, sponsored by Laurel Democrat Robert Venables, was scheduled for a Senate vote later today...

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Border Takings

Posted on May 19, 2008
The Brownsville HeraldBefore construction can begin on the border fence, the federal government must purchase a large stretch of South Texas land from private landowners. But in Cameron County, the government's offers have been met with resistance from residents unwilling to sell their land...

Monroe County Taking

Posted on May 04, 2008
Register HeraldThe Monroe County Commission is attempting to obtain ownership of a cemetery, using its powers of eminent domain, because the private owner allegedly has “desecrated the burial ground” by removing tombstones and allowing “raw sewage” to run over graves...

Whether the Kentucky State Constitution empowers Universities with the authority to take land?

Posted on May 02, 2008
The Time Tibune, April 30, 2008Surely, Northern Kentucky University land-grabbers don’t think they can use eminent domain to seize private property for a new athletic complex. Or do they? You never know what people in power, who seem to disdain the sacredness of private-property rights, are capable of doing...

Motor Speedway Project

Posted on April 22, 2008
The Indy Channel, April 20, 2008Speedway is a step closer to making big changes near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway despite the efforts of some residents to derail the project. Some people are upset that the Speed Zone development plan would force them off their properties...

Hospital Takings

Posted on March 31, 2008
www.springfieldnewssun.com, 03/28/2008 The City of Springfield has the right use eminent domain to acquire Robinson Insulation, Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Carey ruled Friday, March 28. The property owners, Garth and Jennifer Robinson, had challenged the city's right to take their property, which would be razed to make room for Community Mercy Health Partner's new downtown hospital complex slated to open in 2012...

Construction at McGalliard Road

Posted on March 17, 2008
The Star Press, March 17, 2008The state hopes to raise the bypass over McGalliard Road, building entrance and exit ramps, according to INDOT spokesman Harry Maginity. In an unrelated development, INDOT also announced it would resume plans to build an overpass that would carry Centennial Avenue over the bypass...

Salute to Bill Moore

Posted on March 10, 2008
Herald Tribune, March 10, 2008 Hanging in the Sarasota conference room of law firm Brigham Moore is an earth-tone print of six Plains Indians seated and standing around a table with a parchment copy of the U.S. Bill of Rights in the background. For Bill Moore, one of the law firm's named partners, the print is a reminder of one of the greatest land crimes ever perpetrated by the U...

Federal Power Line Plan

Posted on March 08, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP), March 6, 2008 New power line construction is more likely in the Mid-Atlantic States and the Southwest after the government on Thursday said it was pushing ahead with a plan to expand and modernize the electric grid in those areas. The U...

Plans to transform Anacostia

Posted on March 05, 2008
Washington Business Journal, March 3,2008Anacostia is getting a long-desired makeover, courtesy of a familiar name. George Curtis III, whose family's furniture company built the 19-foot high chair at V Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, is teaming with D...

DM&E Railroad

Posted on February 20, 2008
Rapid City Journal, February 13, 2008The South Dakota Senate has approved a measure intended to speed up state hearings on the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad's application to acquire land by condemnation for its $6 billion expansion project...

Atlantic Yards

Posted on February 08, 2008
The City of NY runs to its own clock. The use of mass transit creates an economy is which a central part of the transportation scheme is to have the most dense uses near the subway stops, with the heaviest uses, such as arenas and high rises near stations where possible...

Eminent Domain Sought For Ice House

Posted on January 20, 2008
The News Dispatch, January 19, 2008MICHIGAN CITY - An obstacle in the city's plans to redevelop the North End could become moot soon after a lawsuit was filed to condemn two properties near Michigan Boulevard and Eighth Street. Michigan City Redevelopment Commission Attorney Michael Bergerson said Friday he'd filed the suit last week in La Porte Superior Court 3...

Belleville Development

Posted on January 20, 2008
Ann Arbor News, January 18, 2008A major grocery store topped by a spacious public library is the centerpiece of a vision for downtown Belleville unveiled at a special meeting Wednesday. At a joint meeting of the Belleville City Council and Downtown Development Authority started at City Hall, Rick Walker of Walker Developments, based in Montreal, said a national grocery store chain was interested in building downtown...

Ramada Inn on Belmont

Posted on January 16, 2008
WYTV, January 16, 2008 Township officials say developers have already bought the land at the old Ramada Inn on Belmont Avenue for an unspecified project that may bring in major retailers. Now all they need to get the deal through is this fifty foot strip of land, where developers want to put in a stop light...

Water Company's Rights

Posted on January 09, 2008
An Aqua Indiana customer on Windsor Road, Steger bought a water softener and replaced a dishwasher and garbage disposal because of the harshness of his water, he said. But the somewhat graphic description of his water’s color is the most telling...

Oceana Airport

Posted on December 31, 2007
Airport Business, December 27, 2007Faced with the possibility of losing state money for land acquisition at the airport, the Oceana County Board has approved a resolution authorizing the acquisition by Eminent Domain if necessary. A local consultant, in airport acquisitions, commented that cases usually settle through negotiation...

Hollywood and Eminent Domain Abuse

Posted on December 18, 2007
Reason Online, December 18, 2007 Drew Carey, Hollywood comedian, recently revisited eminent domain abuse in Hollywood. This film is an excellent demonstration of how eminent domain affects businesses and landowners. The city of Anaheim demonstrates that eminent domain is not the exclusive option for economic redevelopment...

Willets Point

Posted on November 30, 2007
Times Ledger, November 23, 2007Former Borough President Claire Shulman continued her cross-borough tour in support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Willets Point redevelopment plan Monday night, telling the Queens Civic Congress she expects a legal battle to take place, but does not believe eminent domain will be used by the city...

Costs may outweigh the benefits

Posted on November 29, 2007
Tri Cities, November 27, 2007BRISTOL, Va. – Despite a recent favorable court ruling, city leaders may opt to abandon the controversial Mendota Trail project. The proposed hiking and biking trail from the city limits to the Scott County, Va., line has already cost the city more than $600,000, City Manager Bill Dennison said...

Blue Water Bridge Expansion: What you really need to know

Posted on November 28, 2007
thetimesherald.com, November 20,2007Mike Connell recently posed a Q and A in his article to address, in his opinion, possible issues with the Blue Water Bridge expansion. However some of the questions and answers are flawed. For example, Mr. Connell quotes the MDOT as stating that owners are better off selling the property because they obtain 125% of their own value...

What to do when facing Eminent Domain

Posted on November 22, 2007
The Monroe News recently published a very informative article on what to do when you are faced with eminent domain.If you're approached by an oil company, gas company, or any other utility, eminent domain attorney Alan Ackerman says there are a few things you can do to ensure you're treated fairly...

Land Taken for Road

Posted on November 21, 2007
Washington Post, November 23, 2007Maryland highway officials and the philanthropic Eugene B. Casey Foundation are battling in court over the state's decision to seize 405 acres of the foundation's land for the intercounty connector, even though the land is seven miles from the highway's planned route...

Be Cautious Before Signing Leases

Posted on November 16, 2007
Weekly Almanac, EditorialSome Wayne County landowners, particularly in the northern part of the county, have the opportunity to make royalties off their land by singing leases with natural gas companies that have been looking to acquire drilling rights here...

EnCap Investigation

Posted on November 06, 2007
North Jersey, October 23, 2007North Arlington officials on Monday called for a federal investigation into the "entire sorry episode" of the controversial EnCap proposal to build a massive golf course-residential-retail complex in three Bergen County communities...

Algonquin Gas Transmission, Intent to Prepare an EIS

Posted on October 30, 2007
Trading Markets, October 24, 2007The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will identify and address the environmental impacts that could result from the construction and operation of the East to West HubLine Expansion Project (E2W Project or Project)...

Marthon Pipeline Construction

Posted on October 22, 2007
UPDATE: Right of way agencies are once again contacting owners.Detroit News, September 19, 2007City Council members grilled officials from Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday over the environmental impact of its $1.5 billion refinery expansion proposal and put pressure on the company to commit to hiring more Detroiters and minorities...

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