Missouri landowners win eminent domain test case
“Last week, the Missouri Supreme Court shot down a port authority’s attempt to seize 30 acres of land in Scott County from owners Velma Jackson and Alicia Seabaugh. Officials from the Southeast Missouri Regional Port…
Court blocks eminent domain by port
“A proposed $20 million project to ship crude oil from North Dakota down the Mississippi River is unlikely to go forward as a result of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling May 28 blocking the use…
Missouri Court Blocks Eminent Domain By Port Authority
“he state Supreme Court has blocked the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority from using eminent domain to expand its operations. The high court on Tuesday cited a 2006 Missouri law that prohibits governmental entities from…
Port Authority to take land by eminent domain
“In a move more than 10 years in the making, the city’s Port Authority is going forward with plans to take a vacant 11.4-acre property in the South End by eminent domain. “We’re basically trying…
Inland Port price tag is nearing $50 million
“The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) board of directors today approved an additional $12.9 million to pay its share of the escalating cost of the Inland Port at Greer, now estimated as high as…
Near-dock rail hub for Jaxport expected by early 2015
“Jaxport will issue a request for proposals for the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, or ICTF, May 1 and the board will approve a contractor in September. Construction is estimated to take another 18 months, Miller…
Jaxport may use eminent domain to acquire land for container transfer facility
“The Jacksonville Port Authority board will vote Monday whether to use eminent domain to acquire land that has held up construction of a $30 million intermodal container transfer facility, or ICTF, at the port. An…
SC to use eminent domain to take land from business
“The South Carolina Ports Authority said it will use eminent domain to take land from a Greer business that has called it home for 22 years. On March 1, both state and federal leaders broke…