City offers OHA $30M for 3-acre land parcel to build sewer pump station
“For two years, OHA and the city have been meeting behind closed doors to talk about a parcel of undeveloped ceded lands currently being used as a parking lot. It’s a 3-acre space along…
Chicago land feud over Obama presidential library plan reflects familiar history
“With President Obama expected to choose the site for his library in coming months, Chicagoans have been engaged in a bitter fight over a proposal to place it in a public park. But this is…
City might seize land in Honolulu for rail line
“Acquiring properties in Honolulu to build Oahu’s rail transit system could involve “judicious” use of eminent domain, officials say, as those overseeing the project scramble to secure ownership of all the properties they’ll need to…
Woman Criticizes Honolulu’s Government, Has Her (Anti-Eminent Domain) Protest Signs Bulldozed
“Local governments love to seize property for projects. Since the Kelo Decision such seizures often are blatant transfers of wealth from the relatively poor and unconnected to the rich and very connected. If your property…
Supreme Court Justice Scalia Talks Eminent Domain, Internment Camps
“On the one hand, he said he has “no doubt” the court will eventually overturn a 2005 ruling that let the City of New London take Susette Kelo’s property using eminent domain and transfer it…
Use eminent domain to secure Launiupoko property
“A group of people (the sellers) want to sell the property (185 acres) to the county. They got it appraised at $13 million. But three people from the council thought it was too high. They…
Landowner objects to trespassing signs placed by city on land in eminent domain dispute
“A woman in an eminent domain dispute with Honolulu claims the city is bullying her over the how the land is used. A business on the 20,000-square-foot parcel on the Kamehameha Highway in Hauula, Reynolds…
Big Island residents push for beach access through trail on private property
“Residents on the Big Island are pushing for 24-hour access to a popular beach that can only be reached by crossing a private property. The beach is next to a former sugar mill property that…
Honolulu Faces Another Free Speech Lawsuit Related to Stored Property Law
“Occupy Honolulu isn’t the only one suing the City and County of Honolulu over infringement of free speech rights. On Tuesday, North Shore resident Choon James filed a lawsuit against the city for tearing down…
9th Circuit: Hard To Complain About Indian Tribe’s Eminent Domain Home Cookin’ When Condemnee Develops Indian Land
“There isn’t a whole lot of eminent domain action in the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in Grand Canyon Skywalk Development, LLC v. Sa Nyu Wa, Inc., No. 12-15634 (Apr. 26, 2013), and the issue the court…