Real Estate & Property Law

2009 Update Of Hawaii Chapter In Law & Procedure Of Eminent Domain In The 50 States Available
I've updated the Hawaii chapter in Law and Procedure of Eminent Domain in the 50 States, a compendium of individual states' condemnation laws put together by the ABA Section on Litigation - Committee on Condemnation, Zoning & Land Use...

Religion and the Politics of Eminent Domain
Should religious landowners enjoy special protection from eminent domain? A controversial federal statute, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), already applies a presumption of illegality to all zoning and landmarking restrictions that substantially burden religious land use...

New Eminent Domain Book: Current Condemnation Law: Takings, Compensation & Benefits (2d ed.)
A recent book of interest to condemnation lawyers, Current Condemnation Law: Takings, Compensation & Benefits (2d ed.). The book is co-edited by my Owner's Counsel of America colleague Alan T...

Agreement without Condemnation
AP The Illinois Commerce Commission on Wednesday approved Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.'s application for the pipeline expected to run from the company's Pontiac terminal south to a pipeline hub near Patoka in Marion County...

This is agreement or condemnation!
  AP The Illinois Commerce Commission on Wednesday approved Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.'s application for the pipeline expected to run from the company's Pontiac terminal south to a pipeline hub near Patoka in Marion County...

Upcoming Land Use and Eminent Domain Seminars
Head's up to two upcoming seminars worth attending: "Planning Zoning and Eminent Domain" (May 8-9, 2008), and "Planning and Zoning 101" (May 7, 2008), both of which will be put on by the Center for American and International Law, in...

Divorce Overview
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Dumb New York Laws
Stupid Laws in the Empire State

Stadium Eminent Domain
City of Arlington agrees to $2 million Dallas Cowboys stadium settlement.

Eminent Domain
University of Akron pays property owner $443,000 settlement.

The Plainfield School District
$10,500 settlement resolves eminent domain dispute.

Downtown Improvement
Springfield to pay more than $2.5 million settlement in eminent domain lawsuit.

Condo Eminent Domain
Maui pays $4.1 million settlement to property owner.

Landfill Eminent Domain
Surry County pays $800,000 settlement to purchase farm land for town dump.