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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
Stay Tuned.
State: Oregon
The Advocates want:
State: California
The current way attorney fees are awarded in eminent domain: Since 1975, attorney fees can be awarded in California for eminent domain if:
Assembly Bill 408 wants to change the standard for attorney fees in eminent domain to:
Which city is subject to an Institute for Justice lawsuit for fining its way to eminent domain? Charlestown, Indiana
What’s the alleged nouveau eminent domain use? Fining property owners out of their homes for minor infractions, like a torn screen. Its a bludgeoning by the housing code.
What happened after 1000s in fines accrued? The city made offers to land owners that the fines would be waived if the property owner sold their property to a developer for $10,000.
The State: Pennsylvania
The eminent domain prohibition: no eminent domain for private enterprise, even if there is a public use
The pipeline project: An interstate liquid natural gas pipeline is subject to federal law that allows for eminent domain even when state law prohibits it
Penn Live | Second Sunoco pipeline possible in Cumberland County, landowner continues fight
North Dakota Legislature proposed a pilot program that would allow land owners to post whether and when their land is available for hunting.
Tyler Morning Telegraph editorial opposing Texas Centrail Rail raises these 3 points:
Tyler Morning Telegraph | Editorial: Texas bullet train an example of crony capitalism
A legislator coalition joined forces to limit eminent domain for high speed rail. Who is involved?
Which eminent domain issues are being addressed?