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A trial court in San Francisco ruled against AirBnB, and other home sharing rental companies by upholding an ordinance that prohibits comapnies from doing business with unlicensed property owners.
Home sharing companies will appeal the licensing ordinance.
The film footage: Footage from President Kenedy’s fateful day in Dallas
Did the government compensate the film’s owner? In 1999 the family was compensated $16 million
San Francisco Chronicle | ‘Twenty-Six Seconds,’ by Alexandra Zapruder
Who: A Virigina landowner, whose land could be impacted by a pipeline
Is doing what? Defending the pipeline. The landowner says that federal agencies, and not landowners, should determine whether a pipeline is a public benefit.
What elese does this landowner say about eminent domain? “without eminent domain, there is no civilization”
What do opponents say? “We are fighting against taking our property for profit.”
NBC 29 WVIR | Property Owner Defends Pipeline, Says He’s in ‘Silent…
informed intel has seen private property rights v. religious freedom rights, in which the 1st amendment right to freedom of religion won.
Informed intel is seeing private property rights prevail in these latest rounds:
Background: In September the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied eminent domain authoeity for underground gas storage as unconstitutional under both the state and federal constitution.
What did private property activists learn from the Supreme Court ruling?
State Impact Pennsylvania | A new front emerges in the battle against eminent domain
WHO: Texans for Property Rights Initiative includes:
The city imposing a short term rental ordinance: Nashville, TN
The highlights from the Nashville ordinance:
What was unconstitutional? The ordinance was too vague, but the 3% cap completely A-OK
Model Legislation from ALEC is moving in TN after having passed in AZ.
Reason | Nashville’s Airbnb Regulations Ruled Unconstitutional
Eminent Domain by the numbers:
Gearing up for an intra-industry fight: Texas Mineral Owners vs. oil and gas industry
What’s triggering the beef between these 2 groups? Whether companies can drill horizontal wells that reach across different lease lines
From the Texas Mineral Owners’ side: Mineral Leases often prohibit pooling. Pooling is seen as:
From the oil and gas side: companies have histroically pooled adjoining leases