Jurors in Connecticut are demonstrating a new sensitivity to land issues.
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Jurors in Connecticut are demonstrating a new sensitivity to land issues.
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The House sought Tuesday to undercut a 2005 Supreme Court ruling that gives state and local governments eminent domain authority to seize private property for economic development projects.
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A Canadian company has drawn criticism for threatening to take property from landowners in the United States for a pipeline that has not been approved.
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Senator Bill Perkins holds Community Meeting of Eminent Domain Actions.
3/12/08 news clips from KTTV-11 10pm news and KCOP-13 11pm news.
Trump’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority v. Coking The Abuse of Eminent Domain in Atlantic City
On Thursday, October 15, 2009, NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery stood before the NYS Court of Appeals along with constituents from Brooklyn for their landmark challenge to the ESDC’s abuse of eminent domain. The Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, is being asked to rule on the legality of seizing private homes to benefit a private development, in this case, the controversial Atlantic Yards proposal. Senator Montgomery said, “We have a situation where the State of NY is participating in actually abusing the law of eminent domain…This really is the worst possible example of how government can interfere in the quality of life of the people in our State. But today we hope, and we anticipate that the Court will rule on the side of the people of the State of New York. “
Pompano Beach city financed Crackhouse that used to be known as The World Of Jimmy Star Grand Castle Showrooms and Entertainment Complex..Factual information in the eminent domain case The City Of Pompano Beach Redevelopment Agency VS Gil Eriksen Properties….citing all the illegal actions and corruption in City of Pompano Beach government, specifically the CRA and Pompano Beach City Commission….forcing the closure of The World of Jimmy Star Grand Castle Showrooms and Entertainment Complex in December 2006
Part two of a short which documents the suffering of several property owners who were the victims of local governmental abuse. There is so much more to the story than what is told here. Problem is, the details are somewhat boorish. Try to walk in these folks’ shoes and think how yOu would feel if big business power was unleashed on yOur family.
www.mslaw.edu Was Justice Sandra Day O’Connor right when she asserted that it was the wealthy and influential who would benefit from eminent domain at the direct expense of small property owners? In this installment of “Books of Our Time,” Dean Lawrence R. Velvel of the Massachusetts School of Law interviews Steven Greenhut, a reporter for the Orange County Register and author of “Abuse Of Power How The Government Misuses Eminent Domain”. The full interview is available at tinyurl.com . The Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public in television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit mslawledu. MSLAW podcasts are available on itunes (just search for mslaw) and at mslaw.libsyn.com MSLAW videos can also be found on Google.