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2/04/2005

Fight is on to save ancient forest: Newsday, 2/3/05

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By Carolyn Thompson (Associated Press) Erie County [NY] is considering using eminent domain to seize control of a rare forest that sprang ...

Key Panel Passes Bill to Ban Taking Private Land for Economic Development: Savannah (GA) Business report and Journal, 2/4/05

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The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday voted unanimously to pass legislation restricting the use eminent domain powers. Senate Bill...

Groups Back NLDC's Eminent Domain Case: The (New London CT) Day, 2/4/05

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By Ted Mann A broad range of states, cities and economic development groups has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the New London Deve...

Eminent Domain, Private Property, and Redevelopment: The Reason Foundation, 1/05

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Eminent Domain, Private Property, and Redevelopment: An Economic Development Analysis Executive Summary By Samuel R. Staley and John P. Bl...
2/03/2005

Norwood holdouts pack up, move out: Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, 1/3/05

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By Steve Kemme After fighting for more than two years to stay in the house they have lived in for half their lifetimes, Joy and Carl Gambl...

Hearing imminent on fate of depot site: Pawtucket (RI) Times, 2/3/05

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By Douglas Hadden To seize, or not to seize. That is the basic question city officials will trot out before the public in a public hear...

Getting a primer in eminent domain: Somerville (MA) Journal, 2/3/05

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Opinion By Roger Kolb The paths to expertise are many, but they usually originate at a place called youthful experience. That went t...

Eminent domain case on trial: Salina (KS) Journal, 2/3/05

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Foley Equipment wants compensation By David Clouston How much is land in proximity to Wal-Mart stores worth? The answer may decide a civi...

Jersey localities back eminent domain power: Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, 2/3/05

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By Tom Hester The New Jersey State League of Municipalities yesterday joined with leagues in 30 other states to enter a U.S. Supreme Court...
2/02/2005

Mistrial in property case — Cincinnati (OH) Post, 2/2/05

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House display 'outrageous' By Kimball Perry Attorney Gary Powell thought the camera inside his Treo 600 cell phone was something ...

How eminent domain is done elsewhere — Haddon (NJ) Herald, 2/2/05

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By Dan Keashen The foundations of liberty were reinforced in California by the Anaheim City Council in November. It passed a resolution, 3...
2/01/2005

Eminent domain takes aim at life's work — St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 1/31/05

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By Jake Wagman Every month for 20 years, Gentle "Jim" Day mailed his $1,222.22 mortgage payment on his business, Royal Auto Repa...
1/31/2005

Metro mixes rail and real estate — Houston (TX) Business Journal, 1/30/05

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New initiative raises questions about use of eminent domain By Jenna Colley Under a new Metro real estate initiative, owners of land with...

They're Coming for Your Land! — Liberty, 03/05

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Big Business wants your house, and the government is going to take it from you and give it to them By Timothy Sandefur "With no powe...
1/28/2005

FERC seeks seizure powers — The (Fall River MA) Herald News, 1/28/05

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By Daniel Fowler The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] earlier this week asked a Senate committee for the power of eminent domai...
1/27/2005

Eminent domain's shadow: GT, woman duel over her home — San Bernardino County (CA) Sun, 1/26/05

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By Nikki Cobb The shrubs standing feeble sentry in front of the tan adobe house on Barton Road need trimming, and the weed-mottled yard is...

A test for property rights — Orlando (FL) Sentinel, 1/27/05

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My Word By Carol Saviak Throughout his campaign and in his second inaugural address, President George W. Bush struck a chord with million...

Brooklyn development group files amicus brief

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Brooklyn United for Innovative Local Development (BUILD), in conjunction with a New York based carpenters' union, has filed an amicus cu...