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1:   (COURTS) Developer Taking CT Town's Eminent Domain Grab to U.S. Supreme Court : A developer is set to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a ruling by the Connecticut Supreme Court that allowed the Town of Branford, CT to take land on which it sought permits to build multi-family residences. In doing so, it plans to see whether stat... 07/21/2010 11:47 AM

2:   (STATES) NJ Court Says Firm Leasing Billboards Cannot be Part of Eminent Domain Talks : Owners of a billboard on leased property about to be taken via eminent domain cannot directly participate in condemnation proceedings, a New Jersey state appeals court says. The July 15 decision by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Divisio... 07/16/2010 3:10 PM

3:   (COURTS) NY High Court Allows Harlem Takings for Columbia Expansion : New York's highest state court overturns a lower court decision to prevent state development officials from completing taking of a few remaining properties that enables a new Columbia University campus to be built as envisioned on 17 acres of land in... 06/24/2010 11:57 PM

4:   (LOCAL) WI City Kills Plans to Take Farm Land; Group Seeks State Eminent Domain Reform : In the face of public pressure, a Wisconsin city council backs away from efforts to take land from a 94-year-old farmer via eminent domain. Officials with property rights groups say the case indicates a need to provide further eminent domain restrict... 06/16/2010 12:34 PM

5:   (STATES) MN Utility Companies See Eminent Domain Authority Reduced : Minnesota utility companies' eminent domain authority has been reduced after Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) signs a new law repealing special exemptions given them in cases involving high-voltage power lines and pipelines. The law was authored by Rep. David ... 05/11/2010 1:44 PM

6:   (PROPERTY RIGHTS) Group Seeks Ways to Limit Civil Forfeiture Land Takings : States and the federal government hold well over $1 billion in property and money through civil forfeitures, but a property rights group seeks elimination to a loophole in current law that essentially gives states and local governments an incentive t... 03/31/2010 09:49 AM

7:   (STATES) New Utah Law Sets Up Eminent Domain Battle with Federal Government : Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signs legislation giving the state the power to take federal land using eminent domain, a law that sets the stage for a constitutional challenge involving the federal government's right to take state land for public use. T... 03/30/2010 09:58 AM

8:   (STATES) Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Eminent Domain Damage Award : Idaho's State Supreme Court upholds a lower court decision awarding a limited partnership more than $3.3 million in property value, severance damages and legal fees. The March 17 decision in State of Idaho v. Canyon Vista Family Limited Partnership,... 03/25/2010 09:50 AM

9:   (ELECTION) Mississippi Farmers Push for Eminent Domain Reform Ballot Initiative : Mississippi's farmers are leading a renewed attempt toward eminent domain reform, as they seek citizen signatures to bring the issue back to state lawmakers for consideration and to get a final version on the November ballot. Initiative measure No. ... 03/19/2010 4:03 PM

10:   (COURTS) NY Supreme Court Awards Land to Atlantic Yards Developers : Shovels are at the ready in Flatbush, NY, after the Kings County Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge that brings closer the construction of the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards. The arena, the future home of the New York Nets ... 03/03/2010 3:06 PM

11:   (STATES) WY Governor Pushing 1-Year Moratorium on Wind Utility Eminent Domain Efforts : Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) is offering legislation to state lawmakers that would place a one-year moratorium on any eminent domain efforts to be conducted by the wind utility industry. The wind utility industry seeks to use eminent domain in ... 02/16/2010 11:21 AM

12:   (STATES) Indiana Senate Passes Eminent Domain Expansion for CO2 Pipeline Efforts : Environmental and property rights groups in Indiana are battling eminent domain legislation that would give utilities that transport carbon dioxide products the right to take land for that purpose. The bill, SB 115, cleared the state Senate on Jan. ... 02/01/2010 09:33 AM

13:   (COURTS) MO Appeals Court Rejects Cities' Efforts to Change Eminent Domain Ballot Titles : A Missouri appeals court rejects the objections of cities to constitutional amendment initiative petitions filed in the hopes of getting them on the 2010 ballot. The Court of Appeals of Missouri, Western District, Division One, issued the ruling Jan... 01/08/2010 10:20 AM

14:   (MO) Property Group, Cities Continue Court Battle over Eminent Domain Amendments : Missouri property rights proponents are fighting what they say is an attempt by cities to keep them from collecting signatures to allow citizens to vote on amendments restricting eminent domain use statewide. Missouri Citizens for Property Rights re... 12/23/2009 3:57 PM

15:   (STATES) WA State Lawmakers to Consider Eminent Domain Bills in 2010 : Washington state lawmakers have companion bills restricting eminent domain to consider when the legislative session begins next month. The bills (HB 2425 and SB 6200) are the product of a state Attorney General's Office task force on eminent domain. ... 12/22/2009 5:14 PM

16:   (LAW) Paterson Asked Not to Appeal Court Ruling Denying Columbia Expansion : New York Gov. David Paterson (D) is being asked not to appeal a recent New York State appeals court ruling that held as unconstitutional the use of eminent domain by Columbia University and a state panel of which Paterson is a member resulting in the... 12/22/2009 5 PM

17:   (PROPERTY) WA Eminent Domain Dispute Could Move into Courts : A dispute between a family-owned SeaTac, WA business and city officials who passed an ordinance to take their commercial land via eminent domain could soon boil over into the court system if the city acts to enforce the law. One local observer tells... 12/17/2009 10:11 AM

18:   (RULINGS) NY State Appeals Court Nixes Eminent Domain Use in Columbia Univ. Expansion : A New York State appeals court temporarily dashes the hopes of Columbia University's plans for a $6.28 billion expansion, ruling that the state's use of eminent domain violates both the state and U.S. Constitution. The Dec. 3 ruling in two cases by ... 12/04/2009 11:32 AM

19:   (COURTS) NY Court of Appeals Upholds Eminent Domain Use in Atlantic Yards : The New York State Court of Appeals has upheld the eminent domain taking of land in the Atlantic Yards section of Brooklyn, saying that land taken to develop the massive complex was blighted. Developer Forest City Ratner's project, consisting of 16 s... 11/24/2009 6:40 PM

20:   (TAKINGS) Pfizer Business at Former Kelo Home Moves Elsewhere in Research Relocation : Land taken from homeowners in New London, CT will be abandoned by a major pharmaceutical company seeking to consolidate its operations. The move comes barely five years after the use of eminent domain to obtain the properties sparked a major U.S. Sup... 11/11/2009 5:06 PM

21:   (VOTING) Texas Voters Pass Eminent Domain Reform Amendment : Texas voters on Nov. 3 overwhelmingly passed a state constitutional amendment limiting eminent domain powers and giving Gov. Rick Perry (R) some pro-property rights ammunition in his coming gubernatorial primary next year. Proposition 11 won with nea... 11/04/2009 4:49 PM

22:   (BALLOT INITIATIVE) TX Group Says Eminent Domain Amendment Offers No Protection from Takings : In Texas, where eminent domain reform has been slow to arrive, most of the usual participants in the discussion about Prop. 11, the eminent domain ballot initiative, have been muted. Gov. Rick Perry (R) has called for Prop. 11's passage, but is comi... 10/23/2009 5:45 PM

23:   (VOTE) State Eminent Domain Ballot Initiatives Lined Up for 2010 Elections : Several states already are gearing up for election 2010 ballot initiatives amending state constitutions to further define eminent domain. More than 40 states have passed some form of amendment to state laws restricting eminent domain use, a reaction... 09/29/2009 09:46 AM

24:   (COURTS) NJ City Ends Long Effort to Take Oceanfront Properties to Build Condos : For homeowners in Long Branch, NJ, their battle to keep homes threatened with eminent domain by city officials are over this week, after the city decided to reach an agreement not to take them and put oceanfront condominiums in their place. The Inst... 09/15/2009 8:32 PM

25:   (PROPERTY) NC Proposed Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment Stalls in House : Efforts to move eminent domain legislation in North Carolina have once again hit a snag. After reaching the floor of the House, state representatives voted 60-56 to send the measure back to the Judiciary Committee, where it will likely die. Sixty Dem... 07/08/2009 4:25 PM

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