Trucking Companies Challenge L.A. Port Project
“ix trucking companies sued Los Angeles and its Harbor Commission, claiming they abused powers of eminent domain and violated environmental law to force the businesses off land for a $500 million railyard near the Port…
Ball State drops eminent domain case with Hiatt Printing
“McKinley Commons would have included a living-learning community for hospitality and food management students with a hotel and restaurants to serve as an immersive learning lab. The decision against eminent domain came after a Delaware…
Court Ruling Adds Wrinkle to Redevelopment Plan
“Solicitor John Gillespie cited an Appellate Division ruling earlier this month that states an area—even an area deemed in need of redevelopment—must be found to be blighted in order for a governing body to invoke…
Demolition of Dillard’s before court in July
“A plan that will result in the Dillard’s department store at Twin Peaks Mall being torn down is scheduled to be heard in Boulder County District Court the week of July 22. Elected city officials…
Longmont Dillard’s eminent domain case will be heard in late July
“A hearing on whether to grant the city of Longmont immediate possession of the Dillard’s store at Twin Peaks Mall will go to court in late July. The case has been scheduled to go in…
California’s High-Speed Rail Meets Opposition Over Eminent Domain
““There would be far less impact on agricultural lands than the current alignment which literally cuts right across many, many working farms,” says Barry Epstein, who represented the farmers. That lawsuit was settled last month…
Texas Property Rights Upheld in Pipeline Ruling
“Private property right advocates cheered an opinion issued Thursday by the Ninth Court of Appeals in Beaumont in a case involving wealthy East Texas landowner — and storied trial lawyer — Wayne Reaud, who challenged…
Ninth Court affirms eminent domain powers of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline
“A Texas appeals court has ruled that a Beaumont judge did not err when he granted a foreign company’s petition to condemn land for the construction of a crude oil pipeline. A group of Southeast…
Texas Farmers Lose Another Bid to Block Keystone Pipeline
“TransCanada Corp. (TRP) won another of the remaining Texas state-court challenges by landowners trying to block construction of the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline across their property. A state appeals court in Beaumont, Texas, denied a…
Eminent Domain Farm Fight Goes to Court – Erika Lathon
“An eminent domain fight moves from the farm to the courtroom. The two hundred acre Jarrell Legacy Farm has been in the family for six generations. Because of the farms high elevation, the West Warren-Viola…