House Votes to Protect Private Property Rights, Halting EPA and Army Corps’ Land Grab
“Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5078 Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 in an attempt to halt the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’…
House Votes to Protect Private Property Rights, Halting EPA and Army Corps’ Land Grab
“Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5078 Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 in an attempt to halt the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’…
County uses eminent domain to acquire bank lot
“Miami County commissioners have targeted three properties to purchase to help regain the parking they will lose once the new county jail is built on the lot south of the Administration Building, but one of…
Price too low for old county prison site (YDR opinion)
“If the Facebook court of public opinion were judge and jury in the case of the old county prison, the York City Redevelopment Authority might be thrown in the slammer for stealing, well, a prison….
Uncertainty about the Path of a Dallas Company’s Toll Road Worries Property Owners
“At some point next year, a Dallas-based toll company may get permission from the Texas Department of Transportation to build the only toll road in Texas that is totally supported by private finance. The exact…
Boulder City bypass eminent domain case settled
“A state panel has settled an eminent domain dispute with a gaming giant over land the state needs for the first phase of the Boulder City Bypass. The Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved another…
Vermont Gas invokes eminent domain in pipeline expansion
“Vermont Gas intends to use eminent domain to secure four parcels of land along the route of its pipeline from Chittenden County south to Middlebury, according to filings with state regulators. A Vermont Gas attorney…
Considering the Eminent Domain of Sports Franchises
“In a thought-provoking article, Anthony F. Della Pelle considers the interesting question of whether the City of Los Angeles could simply “take” the LA Clippers via eminent domain. One might typically associate California’s Eminent Domain…
Boone Hospital trustees avoid eminent domain for south campus project
“Eminent domain proceedings won’t be needed for the Boone Hospital Board of Trustees to acquire a roughly 3,800-square-foot property at the site of a $20 million south Columbia medical campus that is under construction. Trustees…
A possible test for Virginia’s recent constitutional amendment increasing compensation for property owners whose land is taken by the state
“The Charlottesville Daily Progress has an interesting article explaining how a new road-building project may provide the first big test for Virginia’s important 2012 constitutional amendment increasing protection for property rights, which was adopted by…