Longmont must put up $6.3M for Dillard’s store
“A court-appointed commission has ruled the Longmont Urban Renewal Authority can take control of the Dillard’s store at Twin Peaks Mall, but it will have to put up $6.3 million first, the Longmont Times-Call reports.”…
County asking state Supreme Court to review airport house case
“Lawyers are going back to the Michigan Supreme Court to ask justices to change their minds about not reviewing lower court rulings in an eight-year legal battle over the impact of the Lenawee County Airport…
Dillard’s ‘price’ case starts Wednesday
“Attorneys can use three common real estate appraisal techniques to make their cases about what the preliminary price should be for the Longmont Dillard’s department store, based on a ruling from Boulder District Court Judge…
School Board halts eminent domain for ES-27 property
“The Loudoun County School Board on Dec. 3 ended difficult negotiations with the landowners of the Lim and Park property that would have allowed for the construction of an elementary school in Ashburn. The action…
Oklahoma court says Jenks district owes couple $3.1 million for school expansion
“An Oklahoma appeals court says a jury was correct to award two landowners $3.1 million for 12.7 acres of undeveloped land acquired for a school expansion. District Judge Mary Fitzgerald had said the Jenks School…
Property Being Taken From Over 20 Asheboro Residents
“”Sometimes the government doesn’t value properties correctly. In fact, sometimes they miss factors that make a property a lot more valuable than they believe,” according to NC Eminent Domain Law Firm attorney Stan Abrams, who…
Land acquisition for high-speed rail moving slowly
“The body overseeing plans to build California’s bullet train has started the daunting and expensive process of acquiring thousands of acres in the Central Valley, where the rail line’s proposed path would slice through farms,…
City Using Eminent Domain to Tear Down Artist’s Home & Studio
“The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority is attempting to condemn James E. Dupree’s studio and home in order to tear it down and put up a parking lot for the planned supermarket complex nearby. They seized the…
Jury sets value of federal courthouse at $525,000
“In May, the Aberdeen City Council decided to begin the eminent domain process to claim the courthouse. Eminent domain allows government entities to take possession of private property if doing so is in the public…
“The Solution” Candidates Talk
“The parking lot of the old Whittier School, in the northern part of Oskaloosa, was full and often cars were forced to find room on the streets surrounding the former school. Inside, candidates representing themselves…