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Background: In Florida to trigger quick take possession of land via eminent domain, the condeming entity has to deposit funds with the court.
Legal Fight Over Which Party Gets the Interest on Funds Held in an Eminent Domain case:
The Case: Livingston v. Frank, 150 So. 3d 239 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014)
How is this relevant to Texas? The Texas Supreme…
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What’s the brouhaha? California Appellate Courts have split on how much pre condemnation access to property is permitted.
What’s the case awaiting oral argument in California? Property Reserve, Inc. v. Dep’t of Water Resources, No. S217738 Its about whether a water commission could enter lands for soil testing to further a water line.
Which way did the appellate court rule? The Court of Appeals sided with land owners that the pre-condemnation access was so extensive so as to trigger an…
How does a city figure out how many and which of its properties are blighted?
To counter Arkansas’ Congressmen opposition to the Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission line, which would run through Arkansas but not provide electricity in Arkansas, an economic study was released.
Who authored the economic study? the Center for Business and Economic Research at UA’s Sam M. Walton College of Business
What economic boon for Arkansas did the report show?
Farmers in Oklahoma are joining forces over the use of eminent domain to aquire water rights to allow for the sale of Oklahoma’s water.
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What project has triggered 307 eminent domain petitions? California’s first leg of the Los Angeles to San Francisco high speed rail.
How many acres does this represent being taken? Since December 2013, 307 eminent domain actions for high speed rail have accounted for 1,135 acres of land.
Which agencies approve the use of eminent domain for high speed rail in California? California’s General Services, Transportation and Finance departments
Who filed a bill? Republican House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah
What motivated him? Learning that federal agencies used 61% of the Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire land
What is the agency response? “The Interior Department argues it doesn’t use eminent domain to grab up contested land, but rather as a legal tool to reach a price agreement with willing sellers. “
A small town redevelopment effort to revitalize vacant industrial property surprised city council members when it was revealed that the Institute for Justice is interested in the issue.
The Institute for Justice represents land owners who are facing condemnation or forefeiture of their property.
The Mount Airy News | Eminent domain issue sparks legal threat