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8/04/2006

Jury awards $215,000 in eminent domain case: Mt Vernon (OH) News, 8/3/06

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By Dylan McCament On Tuesday evening, a jury awarded Juston Waite, owner of Waite Auto Resale, $215,625 for a portion of property that the c...

County to use eminent domain: Orlando (FL) Sentinel, 8/2/06

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Efforts are under way to acquire land through eminent domain for a new parking garage that will serve the Lake County [FL] Judicial Center a...

Newark to rethink blight designation for Mulberry Street: newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, 8/1/06

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Developer planning 2,000 condo units Jeffrey C Mays After more than three years of back and forth, the Newark City Council may consider remo...

Eminent Absurdity: Institute for America's Future, 7/31/06

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By Matt Singer One of the things that we take for granted in the United States is that we have the political freedom to prevent our next-doo...

Utah Cities Want To Tweak Eminent Domain Law: New West (Missoula MT), 7/31/06

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A U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer that said government could use eminent domain powers to clear the way for private development crea...

Task force refines eminent domain regs: Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, 7/31/06

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By Gregory Korte Recommendations from a[n Ohio] state task force studying eminent domain could allow private entities – like utilities and c...
7/31/2006

Eminent domain misundertood: Cape Coral (FL) News-Press, 7/30/06

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City part of redevelopment education project By Pete Skiba Despite Florida's laws against taking property for the elimination of blighte...

Talk of eminent domain stirs fears in Ogden: Salt Lake (Salt Lake City UT) Tribune, 7/30/06

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Humble but proud: Some residents of a neighborhood just west of Wall Avenue aren't ready to move By Jacob Santini This pocket of Ogden p...

Eminent domain initiative slammed: In Business Las Vegas (NV), 7/28/06

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By Stephanie Tavares A large group of Nevada business organizations, government agencies and individuals has filed suit in Clark County Dist...

Aldermen retain eminent domain use: The Connecticut Post, 7/29/06

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By Matthew Higbee The [Derby CT] Board of Aldermen has rejected an ordinance proposed by a businessman inside the city's redevelopment z...

Blagojevich signs eminent domain law: Bloomington (IL) Pantagraph, 7/28/06

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By Matt Adrian Property owners will have more power to oppose local government attempts to seize their land under a new law signed Friday by...

Vilsack won’t challenge eminent domain law: Mason City (IA) Globe Gazette, 7/28/06

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By Dan Gearino [Iowa] Gov. Tom Vilsack said Friday that he will not go to court to challenge a new law that limits local governments’ power ...

Land use watchdog alert — support Romney veto on eminent domain: The Bridge (Somerville MA), 7/29/06

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By John Andrews and Jill Stein Stop the new Massachusetts eminent domain law and its threat to local democratic government! Please call your...

Begging for billionaires — a documentary on eminent domain, 7/31/06

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Begging for billonaires is a documentary about two family buinesses fighting eminent domain, and others trying to preserve what they view as...
7/28/2006

County may let voters curb eminent domain: Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise, 7/28/06

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By Duane W. Gang San Bernardino County [CA] Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Postmus proposed a ballot measure Thursday that, if approved ...

Update due on eminent domain law: Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, 7/28/06

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By Gregory Korte At the end of its 58-page decision on eminent domain Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court added a footnote that could substant...

Regents give OSU authority to use eminent domain for athletic village: KTEN-TV10 (Denison TX), 7/28/06

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Oklahoma State University officials now have authority to use eminent domain to acquire the final piece of property where the university pla...

Coalition Lobbies for Eminent Domain Restrictions: The Heartland Institute, 8/1/06

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By Scott LaGanga Frustrated by slow progress in the U.S. Senate on eminent domain reform, 53 national and state organizations have banded to...

Escondido council members oppose eminent domain proposal: North County Times (Escondido CA), 7/25/06

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By David Fried A recent [Escondido CA] City Council decision to start eminent-domain proceedings on a local restaurant has two council membe...

Forum elicits opposing views on eminent domain: St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 7/24/06

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By Shane Anthony Lawyers, elected officials and St. Charles County residents described eminent domain as a redevelopment tool, a legal debat...