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Wisconsin legislators are working to bolster the state’s Landowner Bill of Rights by:
The goals of the bill are prevent another Murr situation by ensuring that:
Nuns gone wild. Nuns in Pennsylvania own a corn field that sits in the path of a pipeline. Nuns oppose the pipeline’s path through their property, and to combat it the nuns built a chapel.
The nuns, the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, believe that the earth is sacred.
Sets up a fight between the 1st amendmnt freedom of religion argument the nuns espouse and the 5th amendment takings provisions that permits eminent domain.The legal grudgematch begins July 17, 2017.
Virginia Supreme Court upheld its precondemnation survey access statute but ruled that landowners should have notice of specific dates and times of access.
In Georgia, cities are arguing before the Georgia Supreme Court that the 2006 Land Owner Bill of Rights is not mandatory and there is no enforcement mechanism.
Landowners in Marietta say that the Land Owners Bill of Rights is mandatory.
Background of the eminent domain dispute:
In Missouri, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld an appellate ruling that effectively stopped a transmission line plan.
How could the court do this? In Missouri to build a transmission line, the state agency must have input from the counties. Why? Because state law says counties must determine whether a proposed project meets engineering & safety guidelines.
6 of the 8 counties said no to the transmission project. The project backers had asked the MO Supreme Court to not require the county…
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Wisconsin in a property rights case last week. Property irghts activists are hanging their hats on the liberal majority in this opinion.
Murr’s property right sissue isn’t as clear cut as Kelo’s- should the house be taken. Murr owned multiple parcels of land and wanted to sell one parcel to build a cabin.
Standing in the way of the Murr’s cabin dream is a Wisconsin law that barred the sale because conservation rules treat the two lots as a single property…
Hays County Free Press quoting Colin Strother, of the Buda Planning and Zoning Commission chairperson, says if a tree ordinance passes “municipalities might sue the state for intrusion.”
Hays County Free Press | Proposed bill may uproot local tree ordinances
City: Atlanta
Ordinance: 1982 Ordinance required:
Court: City agreed to stop enforcement of a 1982 ordinance and pay $500 in restitution to the property owner and the mural artist. Attorney fees and costs are still being negotiated.
Atlanta Daily Report | City Agrees to Halt Enforcement of Ordinance That Threatened Artwork
After Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed an executive order permitting eminent domain to rebuild New Jersey’s lost shore line.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection bought easements with the backing of eminent domain to rebuild the shore.
Who is suing the State of New Jersey?
California Supreme Court limits the right to precondemantion access in that:
To make the California Supreme Court ruling align with California Statutes, the California Law Revision Commission is recommending changes to the request code sections that will clarify the jury requirement for compensation.
Why…