Rail board cleared to seize 8 more properties
“The agency overseeing California’s high-speed rail project won permission Friday from a separate state board to begin eminent domain proceedings against eight properties in Fresno that are needed to build the line’s initial segment. Three…
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…
The Power Of Eminent Domain
“As you traverse the state on one of our interstates, you can thank the concept of eminent domain. And much of the power you use gets to you because of projects that were cleared using…
Hampstead and Oakmont Green in talks over eminent domain settlement
“Attorneys from both sides are in talks over the possibility of ending a years-long eminent domain dispute between Oakmont Green Golf Course and Hampstead. Oakmont Green attorney Charles Hollman passed out a memo to the…
Mesa eyes eminent domain for Fiesta ‘micro parks’
“The Mesa City Council will be asked on Monday, March 17, to approve the use of eminent domain, if necessary, to acquire land for several “micro parks” in the Fiesta District. City Engineer Beth Huning,…
Homeowners in Connecticut town were dispossessed for nothing
“Nearly nine years have elapsed since the US Supreme Court, in one of its most notorious rulings, decided that seven homeowners in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood of New London, Conn., had no property rights which…
Senator pulls Ogden Canyon bill
“A bill that would have allowed the state to use eminent domain to build trails near highways has been pulled by the senator who sponsored it after he spoke to Ogden Canyon residents. The bill,…
Uses and Abuses of Eminent Domain in the Commonwealth
“Last October, energy industry firms began gauging interest within Kentucky for construction of a natural gas liquids (“NGL”) pipeline.FN1 Operating under the name Bluegrass Pipeline (“Pipeline”), the new Pipeline will span thirteen counties, and connect…
Property owners angry about Ogden Canyon bike path legislation
“A bill that would allow the Utah Department of Transportation to use eminent domain to build a pedestrian and bicycle pathway through Ogden Canyon has residents there steaming mad. Senate Bill 249, sponsored by Sen….
Eminent-domain fight creates an odd alliance
“State representatives plan to consider a bill today to allow oil companies to use eminent domain to obtain land for pipelines – a power the state Supreme Court took away in a 2012 decision that…