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11/30/2007

Historic Duffield Street Home Saved from Eminent Domain: South Brooklyn NY Legal Services, 11/30/07

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News Release In settlement of a lawsuit filed by Joy Chatel and Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) the City [of New Yo...

Phony Eminent Domain Ballot Measure Hard Pill to Swallow: Californians for Property Rights Protection, 11/28/07

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news release Experts Call Measure Flawed and Expose Deceptive Poison Pill Provision Today, a broad-based coalition of eminent domain reform ...

More secrecy concerns in Mount Pleasant: Charleston SC Post and Courier, 11/28/07

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Check for Shem Creek property issued days before council vote By Prentiss Findlay A town check for $2,285,000 to be used for condemnation of...

Ballot measure seeks to rein in cities' land grabs: Orange County CA Register, 11/27/07

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Editorial Eminent-domain reformers have submitted a million signatures for a June '08 ballot initiative California is one of the few sta...

Disclosure of ballot campaign donors sought: Californians for Property Rights Protection, 11/29/07

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News release The California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) is demanding to know the source of $1.5 million being used to defeat Prop. ...

Branner Station neighbors organize: Petersburg VA Progress Index, 10/19/07

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By Patrick Kane There were many questions but few answers at a citizens’ meeting on the Branner Station development. A standing-room-only cr...

Winners and losers remain unclear in Newark's arena gamble: Newark NJ Star-Ledger, 10/19/07

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NJ Voices By Joan Whitlow Yesterday, I found that the rough ways had been made smooth. The smell of fresh asphalt hung in the air by Prudent...

Running Horse deal could be risky: Fresno CA Bee, 10/18/07

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If Trump pulled out, city would own the land; Autry says he would need commitment first By Brad Branan and Robert Rodriguez Fresno Mayor Ala...

Plan targets Urban League site for library: Springfield MA Republican, 10/18/07

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By Mike Plaisance Calling it a moral issue, a City Council candidate and an incumbent councilor want the city to consider taking the Urban L...

Eminent Domain Lives... In Williamsburg: The Gothamist, New York NY, 10/18/07

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... according to a recent court ruling, the city [of New York] is taking two Williamsburg properties via eminent domain for Bushwick Inlet P...

Eminent domain: Used properly, it's a tool of last resort: Bay City MI Times, 10/18/07

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Our View The legal doctrine of eminent domain is rearing its ugly head around here again. This time, MBS International Airport is suing in c...

Bulldozing the American Dream: The American Magazine, 10/18/07

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‘Urban renewal’ schemes that rely on eminent domain disproportionately harm the poor By Timothy B. Lee For the first four decades of his lif...

Families March to Save Threatened Nabe: Downtown Brooklyn Star, Brooklyn NY, 10/18/07

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Pols Lead Discussion About Emminent Domain and Luxury Development in Downtown Brooklyn By Jeffrey Harmatz Tackling a process that has alread...

Study Points to Continuing Eminent Domain Abuses: Missouri Net, Jefferson City MO, 10/17/07

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By Steve Walsh More than a year after eminent domain legislation was approved by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Matt B...

Guaranty Building dispute carries on: Buffalo NY Business First, 10/17/07

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DEA leaving Guaranty for new Buffalo home The good news for Hodgson Russ LLP is that one governmental agency has exited the Guaranty Buildin...

In Eminent Domain Appeal, Yards Plaintiffs Face Skeptical Court: Brooklyn NY Downtown Star, 10/18/07

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By Norman Oder The biggest challenge to the $4 billion Atlantic Yards arena-plus-towers project has always been the federal eminent domain l...

Use eminent domain on mills: South Coast Today, New Bedford MA, 10/17/07

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Letter to the Editor By John Bullard It seems to me that we have gotten to a point in New Bedford where certain mill owners feel they can ho...

Owner on Mooney fights Caltrans on eminent domain: Visalia CA Times-Delta, 10/17/07

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Visalia man losing land to make room for bus stop By Gerald Carroll A Visalia property owner says he stands to lose more than $1 million if ...
11/27/2007

Improve 'golden' area with zoning, incentives: Cherry Hill NJ Courier Post, 10/16/07

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Opinion Cherry Hill officials should continue to avoid using eminent domain as a redevelopment tool at three underused sites. Cherry Hill...

Brooklyn Residents Chant 'Save Our Neighborhood, Yo': The Village Voice, New York NY, 10/15/07

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By Neil deMause A massive throng — well, let's say a spirited assemblage — of about 100 residents of Fort Greene and surrounding neighbo...