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1/10/2007

Eminent domain proposal on ballot: St Louis MO Post-Dispatch, 1/9/07

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The [Creve Coeur MO] City Council on Monday night put on the April 3 election ballot a city charter amendment that would require a supermajo...

Property activists try to rein in eminent domain: Billings MT Gazette, 1/10/07

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Bill seeks to level playing field between private landowners, industrial users Associated Press Property rights advocates from the Landowner...

Hollywood weighs eminent-domain gambit: Miami FL Herald, 1/10/07

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Hollywood officials could use their power to take private property to fix up a struggling neighborhood, but some fear legal challenges By To...

Eminent domain loopholes target of legislators: The Washington DC Times, 1/10/07

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By Seth McLaughlin Several Virginia lawmakers said yesterday the General Assembly must close loopholes in state law that leaves property own...

Reform or not? Casper WY Star-Tribune, 1/10/07

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By Dustin Bleizeffer A grassroots effort to reform Wyoming's eminent domain laws has gained momentum during the past year, and a major b...

1836 law unfairly imposes takings upon innocent party: Harrisburg PA Patriot-News, 1/9/07

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Editorial Pennsylvania's 1836 Private Road Act remains on the books as a legal anachronism that may have been justified back when Penn...

Dougherty leaders may have to resort to Eminent Domain: WALB-TV10, Albany NY, 1/8/07

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By Karen Kohilas Eminent Domain has long been a way for Governments to acquire property they need for public use. But Dougherty County leade...

Parties unite on eminent domain: Seattle WA Post-Intelligencer, 1/9/07

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Opinion By Bill Virgin Who says bipartisanship is dead? Every now and then, an issue surfaces that manages to unite people across partisan a...

High court considers challenge to eminent domain strategy: WMDT-TV47, Salisbury MD, 1/9/07

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[Maryland's] highest court is weighing the arguments in a dispute over a property seizure technique being used for urban renewal efforts...

Costly eminent domain appraisals must be paid for by property owners: Fauquier VA Times-Democrat, 1/9/07

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Letters By Karla Eisen, Gainesville Mark A. Smith's letter of Dec. 13, "Strengthen landowners rights," is correct. Virginia...

Former landowners challenge district: Janesville WI Gazette, 1/9/07

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By Carla McCann The former owners of land recently taken by the Milton [WI] School District through eminent domain have filed a court appeal...

Eminent domain struggle imminent: Lake Tahoe CA Daily Tribune, 1/9/07

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By Susan Wood Round two of eminent domain hearings aimed at building a $410 million convention center complex near the California-Nevada bor...
1/09/2007

Not at home with limbo: York PA Daily Record, 1/7/07

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Family seeks fair price; official, developer deny consideration of eminent domain By Angie Mason For more than two years, they've clashe...
1/07/2007

Eminent domain kills off funeral home: Pleasanton CA Tri-Valley Herald, 1/5/07

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High school science classrooms to replace 40-year-old mortuary By Brian Foley The use of eminent domain has closed the casket on the Wilson ...

The Eminent-Domain Origin of Shenandoah National Park: Lew Rockwell, 1/4/07

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By Bart Frazier The establishment of Shenandoah National Park in 1926 is one of the greatest abuses of eminent domain in our country’s histo...

Decades-long effort ends: LaPorte IN Herald-Argus, 1/4/07

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City finally acquires through eminent domain land critical to development of NewPorte Landing By Daniel Przybyla The city of LaPorte has fin...

Belmar councilman seeks eminent domain ban: Asbury Park NJ Press, 1/4/07

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Mayor: Mailers sparked fears By Erik Larsen An ordinance prohibiting the mayor and Borough Council [of Belmar NJ] from using eminent domain ...

Stadium 'squeeze'? Not by us: Minneapolis MN Star-Tribune, 1/6/07

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Representatives of a parcel sought for the new Twins stadium object to comments in a recent column, and ask why no one called By Bruce A. La...

Pyramid drops eminent domain plans for R&D Park: News 10 Now, Syracuse NY, 1/6/07

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By Cait McVey When business owner Phil Jakes-Johnson first heard plans for a Research and Development Park, he said he was thrilled. After a...
1/05/2007

Williamson highway commissioners choose not to fight eminent domain ruling: The Tennessean, Nashville TN, 1/3/07

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By Mitchell Kline Williamson County highway commissioners voted this morning not to appeal a judge’s ruling that the county can’t use eminen...