Eminent domain could be used to take land around Fort Indiantown Gap
“Officials say they want to protect local property owners from stray bullets. About three million bullets are fired on the range each year. Still, local property owners say they don’t want to sell their land….
Supreme Court Victory for Georgia Property Owners
“The Owners’ Counsel of America applauds a recent Georgia Supreme Court ruling affirming that condemnors should not have an inequitable advantage over landowners in eminent domain proceedings. A recent unanimous Supreme Court of Georgia opinion…
Court restores local zoning rules for shale gas drillers in Pennsylvania
“An appeals court on Thursday curbed the state’s power over local zoning rules that target the growing gas-drilling industry but upheld parts of Pennsylvania’s revamped oil and gas laws involving notification of spills, eminent domain…
Court Dismisses Challenges To Act 13, Enjoins PUC Review Of Local Ordinances
“Commonwealth Court Thursday dismissed the remaining challenges to the Act 13 drilling law remanded for reconsideration by the PA Supreme Court, but did enjoin the Public Utility Commission from reviewing local ordinances regulating drilling consistent…
Morgan committee talks eminent domain
“Team for a Common Vision, the group of community members tasked with recommending a course of action to the Ellensburg School Board on the Morgan Middle School issue, heard presentations considering eminent domain on Wednesday….
Quincy to buy nine houses for school expansion
“Since finding out that her house is among nine the city of Quincy is planning to take for a $12 million North Quincy High School campus expansion project, Vicki L. Tasney’s life has been filled…
What is eminent domain?
“Eminent domain, the government’s power to take private property for public use, is rooted in the Fifth Amendment. Typically, the government has invoked that power for public projects like schools and roads. In 2005, the…
The gas company that says it can take your backyard
“For more than a decade, the country around Ronald and Sallie Cox’s home, 25 miles south of Pittsburgh, has been an unchanging landscape of rolling green foothills. Sitting atop a modest promontory, their property is…
Painful chapter in our history revisited
“The series of land deals that changed the face of Tucker’s Town during the 1920s is among the more controversial chapters in Bermuda’s history. It’s among the pieces of Bermudian history that Professor Duncan L….
Board considers eminent domain for airport
“Warren County may need to condemn land around its airport to meet a federal mandate. The Board of Supervisors hopes it can reach agreements with the property owners and avoid the need to condemn the…