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5/26/2007

ACA 8 called seriously flawed: California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights, 5/24/07

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Press Release This week, the taxpayer financed League of California Cities and other longstanding opponents of eminent domain reform announc...

Public Advocate Ronald Chen has been pilloried for his support of eminent domain : New Jersey Eminent Domain Blog, 5/8/07

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N.J. Public Advocate's role essential to eminent domain reform By William Ward The latest blast came from Senate Majority leader Bernard...

York, Staton Spar Over Eminent Domain; Information Distributed In Sugarland Run Called "Alarmist": Leesburg VA Today, 5/16/07

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By Dusty Smith Information sent to people living in the Sugarland Run community in a homeowners association newsletter suggests plans are af...

Supes take rare stance, approve eminent domain for Stadium Road: Columbus MS Commercial Dispatch, 5/16/07

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By Kristin Mamrack At the request of District 3 Supervisor Mike Smith, the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 3-2 to take a p...

School gains land through eminent domain: East Aurora NY Advertiser, 5/16/07

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By Jeremy Morlock Five-acres of vacant land which had been owned by Fisher-Price have been acquired by the East Aurora School District throu...

Council votes eminent domain for juice plant : Orange County CA Register, 5/16/07

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OCTA would provide $24 million for 1,000-space parking structure By Barbara Giasone In a rare move, the City Council on Tuesday voted to use...

Neptune turns attention to eminent domain rules: Asbury Park NJ Press, 5/16/07

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By Bill Bowman The [Neptune NJ] Township Committee is taking another look at a proposed ordinance that would restrict its use of eminent dom...

Downfall from eminent domain: York PA Dispatch, 5/16/07

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The issue of eminent domain struck all the wrong chords at personal and political levels. So York County voters yesterday fired two county c...

Eminent domain questioned in city, county: Baltimore MD Examiner, 5/16/07

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By Rita Chappelle The use of eminent domain to seize private property has become a tool of economic development in some parts of Baltimore. ...

Landowner wrath growing over use of eminent domain by pipelines, utilities: Energy Pipeline News, 5/16/07

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Press release Landowners complaining about Enbridge Energy Co.’s use of eminent domain to seize land for a 321-mile, $1 billion leg of a pip...

Brooklyn's Eminent Domain - DDDB v. ESDC: New Jersey Eminent Domain Blog, 5/4/07

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By William Ward The opponents and proponents of the massive Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn assembled on Thursday, May 3, 2007, before Ne...

Port of Tacoma wants private land to expand: Tacoma WA News Tribune, 5/15/07

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By Kelly Kearsley The Port of Tacoma says its needs more than 30 pieces of privately owned property on the east side of the Blair Waterway t...

Campbell denies secrecy in Flats project: Cleveland OH Plain Dealer, 5/15/07

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By Tom Breckenridge [Former Cleveland mayor] Jane Campbell on Monday rejected any notion that she and her top staff worked secretly and ille...
5/19/2007

DOE Issues Two Draft National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor Designations: US Dept of Energy, 4/26/07

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News release U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman today announced the issuance of two draft National Interest Electric...

Ex-Mayor Campbell Testifies In Flats Eminent Domain Case: WEWS-TV5, Cleveland OH, 5/14/07

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Property Owners Say Developer Isn't Offering Fair Price For Land Former Cleveland [OH] Mayor Jane Campbell took the stand Monday in prob...

Neptune to vote on eminent domain law: Asbury Park NJ Press, 5/14/07

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Plan would exempt certain properties By Bill Bowman A proposed ordinance designed to exempt certain township property owners from falling un...

Acting on 'public purpose,' government can snatch private property: Memphis TN Commercial Appeal, 5/13/07

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By Amos Maki Fred Davis, owner of Fred Davis Insurance Agency, bought a small lot on Looney Street in the Uptown neighborhood in 1989. Davi...
5/13/2007

City threat hangs over Willets Pt: Astoria NY Times-Ledger, 5/10/07

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By Stephen Stirling The potential use of eminent domain is looming large over the 250 businesses in Willets Point, and legal experts say the...

Camden defends use of eminent domain: Cherry Hill NJ Courier Post, 5/10/07

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By Alan Guenther Attorneys representing the city of Camden [NJ] were in state appeals court Wednesday, defending the right to use eminent do...

Cook holds out eminent domain as last resort: El Paso TX Times, 5/10/07

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By Darren Meritz Downtown El Paso revitalization can be accomplished without the use of eminent domain, Mayor John Cook said Wednesday at a ...