Special Eminent Domain Concerns for Business Owners
Eminent domain is the power through which the government can take private property for a public purpose, so long as ...
Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Set to Expand into North Carolina
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, has proposed the construction of MVP Southgate, a natural gas pipeline that will run about 72 ...
West Palm Beach, Florida, Eminent Domain Abuse
South Florida’s Palm Beach County is a tropical oasis and golfers’ paradise (now home to more than 160 golf courses). ...
Eminent Domain Abuse: The Blight Stigma in Lakewood, Ohio
Jim and JoAnn Saleet moved to Lakewood, Ohio, in 1965. Their dream home was perched in a cozy working-class neighborhood, ...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Pennsylvania Takings Case Regarding Revolutionary War-Era Cemetery
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an interesting and unusual case this fall regarding an elderly woman who owns 90 ...
Homeowner Fights Back Against Casino Taking
Charles Birnbaum, son of immigrants and Holocaust survivors, owned a modest brick house near the Atlantic City Boardwalk. That home ...
Who’s Going Pay for the Wall? Eminent Domain Is a Dirty Little Secret
During his improbable campaign run, President Donald J. Trump exhorted his acolytes with “Who’s gonna pay for the wall?” News ...
Eminent Domain versus Inverse Condemnation: When Government Regulation Goes Too Far
Here’s a quick civics lesson. Under the United States Constitution’s Tenth Amendment, powers not delegated to the federal government are ...
The Village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin: Small Town Invaded by an International Electronics Behemoth
The Village of Mount Pleasant (Racine County, Wisconsin), population 26,000, is a slice of typical small town America located on ...
