Judge to hear $3M Millcreek fee case
“Millcreek Township goes to court Wednesday to try to avoid paying about $3 million in legal fees, and it is citing its budget as a defense. If the township has to pay the fees, which…
No decision announced on whether city will appeal
“After more than a month of silence, Westerville officials have yet to determine whether they will appeal a case that could cost the city more than $1.3 million. As part of its $2.1 million gateway…
Measure W: Claremont water bond is focus of discussion
“Those on both sides of the city’s takeover of the local water system agree the issue is potentially years away from being resolved. The first test will come Nov. 4 when Claremont voters will decide…
Legal fees pass estimates months before Missoula, Mountain Water trial begins
“Already, the city of Missoula has exceeded its original estimate for legal costs in its quest to take over Mountain Water Co. This spring, Mayor John Engen estimated the city would pay $400,000 total to…
Towns ordered to pay legal expenses in water supply dispute
“TThe Northern Will County Water Agency has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 for legal expenses to the owners of a water supply line it is trying to acquire after the agency voluntarily dismissed…
School district may face $500,000-plus cost in eminent domain case
“The School District of Beloit could end up paying at least $539,122 in the legal battle to acquire land along Milwaukee Road which is the site of its new intermediate school. Attorneys for Anna Truckenbrod…
District may be assessed costs — Truckenbrods could get legal fees and other payments
“The Beloit School District may have to pay not only its own court costs and lawyers’ fees in its eminent domain case, but also all lawyers’ fees and costs for Anna Truckenbrod. Wisconsin state statute…
Court rules for utility in eminent domain case
“The Mississippi Court of Appeals has sided with a south Mississippi utility authority in a dispute over the use of eminent domain to take private property for a massive sewage plant built with federal Hurricane…
Millcreek’s legal fees mount in flooding fight
“The flooding dispute between Millcreek Township and one of its wealthiest residents features a torrent of rising legal fees. Since 2005, the township has paid its lawyers $1,014,470 to handle a series of legal cases…
ITD’s eminent domain battles with North Idaho landowners run up big tab, land in court…
“Alan Johnson’s company lost 16.3 acres of prime property along U.S. 95 in North Idaho when the state seized it for a new interchange under eminent domain law. Now the shopping center developer stands to…