Jury awards Dedeaux Utility $8.1 million plus interest
“A jury on Friday awarded Dedeaux Utility Co. $8,063,981 plus interest, possibly ending a dispute that has been ongoing since Gulfport seized the utility by eminent domain as part of the 1994 annexation of Orange…
Are residents being shortchanged by the Harrison Co. Utility Authority?
“When the Harrison County Utility Authority needed to put in a sewer vent off Daugherty Road in Long Beach, it needed some of Barry Neyrey’s land. The Utility Authority has the power to take the…
A bridge divided
“After half a decade of discussion and litigation, the Swamp Road bridge project has jumped a hurdle with the settlement of an eminent domain case involving a number of landowners. Agreements in the cases for…
Legal efforts pursued for right of way for bridge
“The Tupelo City Council authorized Tuesday proceeding with eminent domain related to property near the Highway 78 bridge, one of the last remaining structures needed before a new city thoroughfare can open. In a special…
MDOT using eminent domain for road work
The Mississippi Department of Transportation is seeking to acquire several parcels of land through eminent domain as part of a state Highway 607 expansion project north of Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. Staff Writer….
Landowners win right to keep Henry Hub land
U.S. District Judge Richard Haik on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by Sabine Pipeline seeking to take, by the power of eminent domain, the land of a Vermilion Parish family involved in a legacy lawsuit against…