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11/19/2004

Right of 'eminent domain' challenged — Harvard University Gazette, 11/17/04

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Weighing the benefits of economic development By Ken Gewertz Susette Kelo is about to get her day in court. This past September, the ...
11/18/2004

Public Power, Private Gain

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By Dana Berliner, Institute for Justice The Despotic Power As early as 1795, the U.S. Supreme Court described the power of eminent dom...

Group Says Kansas, Missouri Among Worst Land Grabbers — KMBC-TV (Kansas City MO), 11/17/04

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U.S. Supreme Court To Examine Use Of Eminent Domain You think you own your home or land until a developer comes along and wants it. The wa...
11/15/2004

Pennichuck seeks injunction to halt Nashua eminent domain petition — Pennichuck Corp, 4/8/04

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Press release Contact: Donald L. Correll, President and CEO, 603-882-5191 Pennichuck Corporation (NASDAQ: PNNW) today announced it has ...
11/14/2004

Life After ‘Poletown’: What is the Future of Takings in America?

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A Roundtable Discussion, Tuesday, November 16, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Chicago IL Presented by the National Law Journal and the Universit...

Developer files lawsuit against businessmen — The (Brazoria County TX) Facts, 11/14/04

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By Elliott Blackburn Two Freeport (TX) business owners and Web site operators will not change or remove a Web site criticizing developmen...

Restoration should have first priority — Daytona beach (FL) News Journal, 11/14/04

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Almost all of U.S. 1 in northern Volusia County runs through community redevelopment districts. There are good reasons. The aging east co...

How Not To Lose Your Land — Investor's Business Daily, 11/15/04

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By Doug Tsuruoka You've probably heard the horror stories: Home and business owners are forced to sell their property because a govern...
11/13/2004

Pushing the limits of 'public use' — USA Today, 3/31/2004

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By Dennis Cauchon Rene Corie installs drapes in Florida mansions. Her husband, David, builds the mansions' gates. Eight years ago, ...
11/10/2004

Future of eminent domain focus of MSU College of Law symposium — Michigan State University College of Law, 11/10/04

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Michigan State University College of Law will host a half-day symposium, “The Death of Poletown: The Future of Eminent Domain and Urban Deve...

City staff explain redevelopment regulations — Bowling Green (KY) Daily News, 11/10/04

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Officials plan to keep moving ahead with downtown projects By Jim Gaines Bowling Green’s city commissioners and a small crowd from intere...
11/09/2004

School district sells 24.7 acres to Home Depot for $30 million — San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, 11/9/04

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By Helen Gao Three years after using eminent domain to take possession of a 24.7-acre parcel in Kearny Mesa, the San Diego Unified School ...

Paying for Property — The Wall Street Journal, 11/9/04

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Editorial Opinion Property rights may not draw as many headlines as gay marriage, yet we'd like to draw readers' attention to an i...
11/07/2004

Election adds new twist for LifeSkills — Bowling Green (KY) Daily News, 11/7/04

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Walker, incoming commissioners plan to take cautious look at controversial move By Jim Gaines The total turnover of the Bowling Green Cit...

Eminent domain case goes to high court — The Stamford (CT) Advocate, 11/6/04

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By John Nickerson The city's [Norwalk's] eminent domain case against Maritime Motors car dealership isn't over yet. Yesterd...
11/04/2004

Magistrate sides with Chippewa landowners — The (Cleveland OH) Plain Dealer, 11/4/04

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By Terry Oblander The Medina County [OH] Park District wants to buy a 68-acre farm on the west side of Chippewa Lake to save it from devel...

Woman Fighting Eminent Domain Gets To Keep Property — (Dallas-Ft Worth TX) NBC5, 11/4/04

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Mansfield Wanted To Buy Woman's 2.5 Acres A Mansfield [TX] landowner gets to keep all of her property after all. The city wanted to...
11/03/2004

'Wet house' plan relies on eminent domain — [Duluth MN] News Tribune, 11/2/04

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DEDA approves a plan to take control of a dilapidated Central Hillside apartment building By Peter Passi Nearly two years after the Dulut...

Eminent Domain Is Mere Thievery — The [New London CT] Day, 11/2/04

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Letter to the Editor By Mark Wickerd, Griswold [CT] I watched the news recently and witnessed a family in Bristol [CT] having their home ...
11/01/2004

Cities watch eminent domain case — The Business Journal of Kansas City, 10/31/04

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U.S. Supreme Court ruling could hinder urban redevelopment By Jim Davis Area economic development officials anxiously await a U.S. Suprem...