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City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) went a step further and affirmed the authority of New London, Connecticut, to take non-blighted private property by eminent domain, and then transfer it for a dollar a year to a private developer solely for the purpose of increasing municipal revenues. This 5–4 decision received heavy press coverage and ...
Most states use the term eminent domain, but some U.S. states use the term appropriation or expropriation (Louisiana) as synonyms for the exercise of eminent domain powers. [47] [48] The term condemnation is used to describe the formal act of exercising the power to transfer title or some lesser interest in the subject property.
The Law of Eminent Domain; A Treatise on the Principles which Affect the Taking of Property for the Public Use. Vol. II. Albany, New York: Matthew Bender & Company. OCLC 43697002 – via Internet Archive. Epstein, Richard Allen (1985). Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
At a special meeting last Thursday, the Town Council authorized the use of eminent domain to seize a 31-acre site currently owned by developer Waterman Chenango LLC. The eminent domain resolution ...
PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey, 594 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the sovereign immunity of states to delegated powers of eminent domain granted to private companies from federal agencies, in the specific case, acquiring property for the right-of-way to build a natural gas pipeline. The Court, in a 5 ...
The state's eminent domain policies shifted after residents fought a controversial condemnation in 1981 for General Motors' plant, now known as Factory Zero, in Detroit's Poletown neighborhood.
Usually, the government files an eminent domain action to take private property for public use and just compensation is determined at trial if the landowner does not settle with the government. However, when the government fails to file an eminent domain action and pay for the taking, the owner may seek compensation in an action called inverse ...
The City of Lakeland, looking to build a connector road between Carpenter's Way and U.S. 98 along the interstate frontage, has approved the used of eminent domain, if needed, to acquire the ...