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11/14/2005

Eminent domain hot topic: Gwinnett (County GA) Daily Post, 11/13/05

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By Dave Williams The timing wasn't right during this year's General Assembly session for limiting eminent domain in Georgia. But tha...

Eminent domain authority questioned: Kinston (NC) Free Press, 11/13/05

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BY Barry Smith State lawmakers next year could be asked to approve a state law or an amendment to the N.C. Constitution that would protect p...

Judge dismisses suit on redevelopment plan: Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 11/11/05

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By Jeff Price A federal judge has dismissed a community group's challenge to Lower Merion Township's redevelopment plan for Ardmore,...

Backlash to ruling on eminent domain: Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 11/14/05

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By Diane Mastrull The words eminent domain have been throwing a fright into property owners for more than half a century, but never more so...

Eminent domain isn't working for city's residents: (Camden NJ) Courier-Post, 11/13/05

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Opinion By Olga Pomar Ambitious redevelopment plans are being pushed forward for neighborhoods throughout Camden. Several of these plans pro...
11/11/2005

Trashing Eminent Domain — Checker's latest film gets Niantic screening: The (New London CT) Day, 11/11/05

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By Stephen Chupaska Filmmaker Nick Checker is worried about people and homes ending up in the dustbin of New London's history. “Trashed,...

In domain of renewal, a bad law: Philadelphia (PA) Daily News, 11/11/05

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By Elmer Smith West Philadelphia's first full-service shopping center is about to break free of the red tape it has been mired in for ye...
11/10/2005

Supervisors agree to clarify policy on eminent domain: San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, 11/10/05

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By Leslie Wolf Branscomb Because of the recent nationwide outcry over the prospect of homes being seized by the government, the Board of Sup...

Eminent domain changes Westville board: Gloucester County (NJ) Times, 11/8/05

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By Anne B. Jolis Fear and anger over eminent domain remained a driving force in borough politics on Tuesday night as voters [in Westville] d...

Florida voters favor eminent domain restrictions: Jacksonville (FL) Business Journal, 11/8/05

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An overwhelming majority of Florida voters favor tighter restrictions on the government's use of eminent domain to acquire private prope...
11/07/2005

Legislators mull eminent domain: (Gallatin TN) News Examiner, 11/7/05

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By Katrina Cornwell State lawmakers will have no less than a dozen pieces of legislation to consider next year to limit the ways eminent dom...

Eminent Domain Roll Call: H.R. 4128: New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog, 11/4/05

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By Bill Ward Voting 376 for and 38 against, members of the [US] House of Representatives passed the Property Rights Protection Act on Novemb...
11/06/2005

Mayor won't seize restaurant to aid school: Newark (NJ) Star-ledger, 11/5/05

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Jersey City withdraws eminent domain for football-field expansion By Matthew Reilly Jersey City Mayor Jerremiah Healy pulled the plug yester...

State lawmaker wants eminent domain limits: Billings (MT) Gazette, 11/5/05

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By Jennifer McKee A Republican lawmaker wants to change the Montana Constitution to prohibit government from condemning private property for...

Eminent Domain May Be Used If Flats Owners Don't Sell: News Channel 5 (Cleveland OH), 11/2/05

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Developer Hopes To Begin Demolition By Early 2006 Property owners in the Flats will soon be getting sales offers from developer Scott Wolste...

Gingrey Amendment to Protect Houses of Worship from Eminent Domain Abuse: Christian News Today

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U.S. Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA) today introduced an amendment to H.R. 4128, the Private Property Rights Protection Act, to protect hous...
11/05/2005

Hollywood commissioners embrace right to seize property belonging to residents: (S Florida) Sun-Sentinel, 11/3/05

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By John Holland The Hollywood City Commission adopted an eminent domain resolution Wednesday that strongly mirrors a recent U.S. Supreme Cou...

Eminent domain limits pass House: Pittsburgh (PA) Tribune-Review, 11/2/05

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By Mike Wereschagin The state House voted Tuesday night to curb local governments' power to take private property and give it to another...

St. Charles may limit eminent domain: St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 11/01/05

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By Mark Schlinkmann The [St Charles] City Council may take steps to bar use of its eminent domain authority to force the sale of homes to ma...

Preston outlaws eminent domain: Norwich (CT) Bulletin, 11/2/05

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By Greg Smith Voters in Preston showed their overwhelming opposition Tuesday to the idea of private land being taken by the town for economi...