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A works proposal by Colleyville to add sidewalks, drainage and hiking trails has drawn vocal opposition. A counter referendum, Protect Glade, is on the ballot.
The opposition to Colleyville’s project want the road improvements but want road improvements that are:
City Council is split. The Mayor sup…
On a 92-3 vote, and within 7 minutes, the Iowa House passed an eminent domain bill that:
What has Iowans inflamed over eminent domain? A proposed drinking water pond by private developers, “greedy private developers.”
Raisin growers were before the US Suprmee Court arguing that a law allowing the government to take their crops, without just compensation, is unconstitutional.
During the New Deal, farmers got a raw deal. The 1937 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act permits the taking of crops to shore up prices. The great raisin caper of 2015 led the Justices to offer colorful fodder:
Property Rights advocates know no international borders. Property owners on both side of the border raise concerns about the Trans Pecos Pipeline. Here’s what people are saying:
Flower Mound City Council candidates uniformly oppose eminent domain for commercial puposes. They uniformly support private property rights saying that emient domain is for public uses only and with just compensation. Cross Timbers Gazette
“Paul joined most of the chorus of Republican candidates for governor in opposing eminent domain in the name of public utility for private companies.” Central Kentucky News
Iowa joins the band wagon to prohibit eminent domain for private companies. Eminent Domain by a merchant, such as a pipeline who is moving a good to and from, would have a higher level of public use to meet. Blog for Iowa
This week House State Affairs Committee heard testimony from Matt Miller, of the Institute of Justice. He drew comparisons between eminent domain and asset forfeiture.
He compared the government’s ability to take property from innocent Texans without charging them of a crime with the ability of the government to take property from innocent Texans for a public use under eminent domain.
Refreshing our Recollection: The Institute for Justice is the the group of attorneys that…
The Iowa Supreme Court halted eminent domain power for a drinking water project. The Supreme Court opined that since the drinking water project also included recreational water use, the water district had no authority to use eminent domain.
The moral of the story: public use means only a public use, no extra bells and whistles.
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Ojai California is using eminent domain to condemn the water utility that serves its community. Fed up by high water rates, the city opted for eminent domain. Eminent Domain and the judicial system go hand in hand. The private company that operates the private water utility in Ojai, sued. The Second Court of Appeals sided with Ojai that eminent domain allows the taking of the utility so that the the utility can be operated by the local government. The Court went so far as …Legal Trend: City to Use Eminent Domain to Acquire Private Water Company