Eminent domain decision on Lakeshore Drive land delayed
“A long-delayed decision on whether a former Lakeshore Drive property owner received just compensation following the city of Canandaigua’s 2009 decision to use eminent domain to acquire his land has once again been pushed back….
Board approves eminent domain move for high-speed rail project
“Last month, a Sacramento County judge invalidated the state’s funding plan and said it must have 300 miles of environmental clearances in place to meet the terms of Proposition 1A, the bond measure voters approved…
County asking state Supreme Court to review airport house case
“Lawyers are going back to the Michigan Supreme Court to ask justices to change their minds about not reviewing lower court rulings in an eight-year legal battle over the impact of the Lenawee County Airport…
Dillard’s ‘price’ case starts Wednesday
“Attorneys can use three common real estate appraisal techniques to make their cases about what the preliminary price should be for the Longmont Dillard’s department store, based on a ruling from Boulder District Court Judge…
School Board halts eminent domain for ES-27 property
“The Loudoun County School Board on Dec. 3 ended difficult negotiations with the landowners of the Lim and Park property that would have allowed for the construction of an elementary school in Ashburn. The action…
Oklahoma court says Jenks district owes couple $3.1 million for school expansion
“An Oklahoma appeals court says a jury was correct to award two landowners $3.1 million for 12.7 acres of undeveloped land acquired for a school expansion. District Judge Mary Fitzgerald had said the Jenks School…
OUR OPINION: Generous compensation for affected residents
“That’s not true in the Fargo-Moorhead proposal, which calls for ring dikes around some bedroom communities and the diversion of floodwater from land that Fargo hopes to develop to a vast “storage area” further south….
Property Being Taken From Over 20 Asheboro Residents
“”Sometimes the government doesn’t value properties correctly. In fact, sometimes they miss factors that make a property a lot more valuable than they believe,” according to NC Eminent Domain Law Firm attorney Stan Abrams, who…
Land acquisition for high-speed rail moving slowly
“The body overseeing plans to build California’s bullet train has started the daunting and expensive process of acquiring thousands of acres in the Central Valley, where the rail line’s proposed path would slice through farms,…
City Using Eminent Domain to Tear Down Artist’s Home & Studio
“The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority is attempting to condemn James E. Dupree’s studio and home in order to tear it down and put up a parking lot for the planned supermarket complex nearby. They seized the…