Legal TREND. Utility Transmission Line Co. Must Own Real Property to Get Eminent Domain Authority.

Posted byadmin

Court: Illinois Supreme Court

The Case: ILLINOIS LANDOWNERS ALLIANCE, NFP, et al., Appellees, v. ILLINOIS  COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Appellants. 

The Ruling: to be able to receive the power of eminent domain in Illinois, a utility must own real property, and the transmission line companies at issue do not own real property in Illinois. 

Is there a way for the project to move forward: Yes, if the comapnies move forward as private companies without the power of eminent domain

KWQC | IL Supreme Court rules against Rock Island Clean Line