Taking private land motivates people. When it comes to Keystone XL pipeline in the Northern plains, there have been protests with crops, Willie Nelson fundraisers, parades, and now protesting at court houses.
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Legal Trend: Court Approves Taking of An Entire Private Utility Company by a City
Water is a precious resource. Missoula Montana has recieved court approval to sieze a private water company by eminent domain.
The private water company now has 30 days to provide Missoula with an appraisal of its valuation.
The legal fees to get to this point: $3 million.
Posted incompensation, legal trend, private company, private property rights, water
A man living on Oriental Avenue in Altantic City is facing eminent domain action by the New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. For all the Monopoly players, Oriental Avenue is a light blue property with a $6 rent. Its a case that pushes into Kelo territory since the development authority wants to use the property for part of a “tourism village” to revitalize the economy. What could have been a local story has turned national when CNN started paying… A North Carolina Appeallate Court ruled that widening a road, at the end of a dead end street, does not qualify as a public use. ” The Texas Pipeline Association, TransCanada Corp. and tort reform group the Texas Civil Justice League on Monday urged the Texas Supreme Court to review a ruling they say spells potentially disastrous delays for pipeline projects across the state.” What’s the impending disaster?… This story has it all- united landowners upset by pre-condemnation access by a private company exercising eminent domain for a project that won’t produce a direct public use in some states the pipeline crosses. As an added bonus, the Georgia Governor is openly opposed. Another Southern rebellion is afoot according to the Los Angles Times . Landowners in the South are joining forces to s… How did eminent domain use for economic development purposes fare, even with the US Supreme Court’s blessing in Kelo? There were no winners. Other states have reigned in eminent domain authority by denying eminent domain when there is no public use. Their actions have been via court action, legislation, and regulatory denial of permitting. The classic example has become a pipeline or transmission line that does not provide service or use to any part of the state through which it passes. Joining the legislative trend to reign in eminent domain standard of public use. President of the Cattle Raisers writes,”In m… A former elected official is vowing to defeat incumbents in different districts if eminent domain overhaul isn’t finalized. The target: no eminent domain for private gain. Iowa is quickly moving forward to make it considerably more challenging for a private comapny to exercise eminent domain. “Use of eminent domain also deepens the feelings of landowners and others “who feel the average person’s freedom and liberty doesn’t matter anymore and that big corporations with pol… A transmission line that was denied eminent domain in Arkansas, faces a second denial for the use of eminent domain because the transmission company cannot show need. From the regulators: ” A Missouri Public Service Commission staff report found that while CLEP demonstrated abilities to …Big Eminent Domain Story of the Week: Monopoly Man vs. the Economic Development Corp.
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Landowners Form Pipeline Rebellion; Get Assist From Landowner Owning 3 Newspapers.
Kelo 10 years Later
Cattlemen Sieze Trend: Public Use Standard has run amuck
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