Taking steps to protect our environment
“The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently announced plans to reroute a highway bypass in Central Texas to save a stand of ancient oak trees that includes a 500-year-old oak considered one of the oldest…
Eminent domain panel set for Cattle Raisers Convention
“Two of the state’s leading experts on private property laws in Texas will headline a panel on eminent domain, particularly as it pertains to the increased number of oil and gas pipelines in Texas. The…
City to use eminent domain to acquire land for relief route
“The city will go to court to try and acquire 2.6 acres of land just south of Del Rio for the planned construction of the Qualia Relief Route. Members of the Del Rio City Council…
Franklin: Landowner Loses Appeal In Pipeline Construction Case
“Waco’s 10th Court of Appeals on Thursday denied an appeal from a Robertson County man who claimed a pipeline construction company illegally gained easement to his land through eminent domain. Edgar Todd Love asked the…
Bee Cave Road acquisition on track, mayor says
“As West Lake Hills begins to exercise eminent domain against a few properties along Bee Cave Road, Mayor Dave Claunch says he believes the city is on track to acquire all property by this summer…
Ask the Candidates: Should Railroad Commission Do More to Protect Property Rights?
“Eminent domain. It’s been a political hot potato at the Railroad Commission of Texas for years. As regulators of the state’s oil and gas industry, commissioners give pipeline companies the right to take private property…
Foreign Company Tries To Seize U.S. Land For Keystone Pipeline
“TransCanada, a foreign company based in Alberta, Canada decided to use an amendment to the United States Constitution to seize private American citizens’ property to avoid regulators and build the controversial Keystone Pipeline (USNews). This…
TRWD plans eminent domain action with landowner
“The Tarrant Regional Water District board voted 4-1 on Tuesday to exercise its power of eminent domain in order to route a massive pipeline through an East Texas property controlled by Monty Bennett, a wealthy…
TransCanada Asks Texas Supreme Court to Skip Keystone Review
“Crawford is one of a handful of Texas farmers fighting TransCanada’s use of eminent domain under various legal theories, which has sparked a statewide debate over property rights. None of the challengers has prevailed so…
Mission to use eminent domain
“The Mission City Council approved the use of eminent domain as a method of getting the needed right-of-way for improvements to the U.S. 83/Inspiration Road intersection at a Monday meeting. The law firm of Galligan,…