Welcome to the Future!
What supporters say: “protects our property rights from those who would steal our land for their own profit.”
How does the bill apply? It applies to all condeming entities BUT only to agricultural land.
The Case: Murr v. Wisconsin
The oral arguments: March 20, 2017
The eminent domain issue: Property owners wanted to sell some land. The city and state said No, the property doesn’t meet requirements for stand alone sale because of waterway regulations.
How’s the case is shaping up? CALIFORNIA, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, OREGON, VERMONT, AND WASHINGTON are siding with Wisconsin. While NEVADA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEST VIRGINIA,…
Where: West Virginia
The eminent domain project: A gas pipeline
The religion owned land: Hare Krishna community
The 1st amendment argument: “infringement on its freedom of religion rights and “seeks to take a non-metaphorical bulldozer through the Vrindaban Parties’ property, and in turn, through their most sincerely held holy sites.”
The property to be taken: 50-foot-wide right of way about 3,000 feet long
The Offer: $7,000
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