LETTER: Readington Twp. should stop wasting money on condemnation
“The Readington Township Committee has misled the public in an effort to garner support for their failed political agenda. Through their taxpayer-funded public relations campaign, they misrepresented the purpose and intent of the eminent domain…
COLTS seeks property for transportation center
“The County of Lackawanna Transit System plans to use eminent domain to acquire a downtown property needed for its long-delayed intermodal transportation center. The parcel at 25 Lackawanna Ave., owned by Scranton Mall Partners LP…
C-M seeks to seize property
“Canon-McMillan School District will begin the eminent domain process to take property across from the school’s football stadium that could be used for parking in the future. The empty lot – about 15,000 square feet…
A Philadelphia Artist Fights An Epic Eminent Domain Battle
“Would someone please help James Dupree already? For weeks I’ve been following this story. Hopefully you know it by now. In case you don’t, he’s the artist who owns a building in West Philly and…
Can Someone Help James Dupree? And Let’s Fix Eminent Domain While We’re at It.
“It’s not about whether seizing Dupree’s property is the right or wrong thing to do (it’s wrong, by the way). It’s more about the process. Eminent Domain shouldn’t be decided by the city of Philadelphia…
Petition to Turn the Divine Lorraine Into Contemporary Art Museum Is Now Live
“Artist Caryn Kunkle has a plan for the Divine Lorraine: turn it into an interactive museum of contemporary art using eminent domain to take the property over. Though this plan has been circulating since April…
Mantua Artist Stands Off Against Eminent Domain
“James Dupree, a prominent Philadelphia artist with a large (around 8,000 sq ft) studio in Mantua is trying to hold on to his property in the face of an eminent eminent domain land grab. The…
Phoenixville moves forward on elementary school project
“A judge is still weighing whether the Phoenixville Area School District can seize a golf course by eminent domain, but that has not stopped the district from moving ahead with plans to build an elementary…
PA Judge Hears Mariner East NGL Pipeline Eminent Domain Case
“Sunoco Logistics–and for that matter, MarkWest–have a lot riding on a single court case in Washington County, PA. It might be a bit melodramatic to say the future of the Mariner East NGL (natural gas…
Judge to rule in Sunoco eminent domain challenges
“Sunoco Pipeline believes Pennsylvania’s Business Corporation Law authorizes it to have eminent domain powers to condemn private property its needs across Washington County to develop a pipeline to ship Marcellus Shale products, the company’s attorney…