Eminent domain approved for sewer upgrades
“The City Council on Monday approved an ordinance that would allow the city to acquire property in order to proceed with the Eastside Wastewater Improvement Project, which includes $26 million in improvements to address sewer…
County Reaches Deal to Avoid Eminent Domain
“The county has reached an agreement with a property owner to avoid using eminent domain for a bridge project. County officials had been at an impasse with Gerard and Kathleen Furdek over two parcels needed…
A Conversation with Robert Denlow – Property Law Attorney
“Eminent domain is a Constitutional power granted to government to buy property, even if the property owner objects. In 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court decided Kelo v. City of New London, Connecticut. Although the decision…
Eminent Domain, Northside Regeneration and the St. Louis American
“The most recent edition of the St. Louis American‘s lively Political Eye editorial column deals with the Missouri Supreme Court consideration of the Northside Regeneration redevelopment agreement and tax increment financing bills, invalidated by Circuit…
Missouri eminent domain critics seek ballot measures
“Supporters of Missouri proposals to reform laws on the use eminent domain can begin working to get their measures on the 2014 state ballot.” read the entire article Associated Press. St Louis Today 14 December…
Homeowners of five decades no longer under threat of eminent domain in Hadley Township
“After years of living under the threat of eminent domain, homeowners in Richmond Heights could finally celebrate a Thanksgiving in peace. A suburb of St. Louis, Mo., Richmond Heights had tried to use eminent domain,…
Eminent domain measure goes to voters in Columbia Missouri
Columbia voters will have the chance to decide whether to limit the city’s power of eminent domain to acquire property for economic development and prohibit the city from using blight declarations as a first step…
City Council sends eminent domain amendment to April ballot
An EEZ is a state-run program that provides tax incentives to spark expansion of existing businesses or manufacturing companies and the development of new small businesses. To apply to the state for the creation of…
Charter amendment prevents eminent domain for economic development
A proposed charter amendment would prohibit the city from exercising eminent domain for economic development with the intention of transferring the property to a private developer. The measure, proposed by Sixth Ward Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe,…
Recent Developments in Eminent Domain: Public Use
“The Summer 2012 issue of the Urban Lawyer, the law review published quarterly by the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law and UMKC law school is now available on-line, and includes my short…