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What oppositions to eminent domain influenced new eminent domain protocols in Dallas?
How has Dallas City Council adapted its eminent domain protocols?
What’s Hess Triangle? A triangular piece of property that is 25.5 inches by 27.5 inches by 27.5 inches.
What? How can this two foot triangle exist as private property in NYC? Go to corner of Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street and you’ll see it
How did this small piece of property emerge from an eminent domain fight? In 1910, NYC was extending the Seventh Avenue Subway Line. A property owner named Hess owned a 5 story building in the path of the new subway extension.
What did the…
A state constitution guarantees attorney fees in eminent domain? Yes, the Florida constitution does.
What’s the goal behind this provision? A landowner should not be placed in a worse position after eminent domain
Can this provision go awry? Some Florida attorneys believe so.
What loophole exists for constitutional protection for attorney fees in eminent domain proceedings? When a condemning entity does not play fair and forces needless and endless litigation. The Florida courts…
Trib Talk Bracewell & Giuliani | Obstacles to pipeline development highlight Texas’ conservative split
What’s a quick take? Once an eminent domain suit is filed, the entity exercising eminent domain claims ownership of the property.
Where is this Court that’s limiting quick take of property rights? Ohio
Is the court saying no quick take, that the courts have to decide before the property ownership can transfer to the condemning entity? No, the court says the Ohio constitution limits this ability to the taking of land for roads only.
How does this apply in Texas? In Texas, once an…
The Texas Wildlife Association via the Hill Country Alliance raises the issue of private companies and eminent domain.
3 Points are stressed:
Pipeline protesting proliferates the Northern Plains. The most recent rally cry is a purchase of billboard ad space along the proposed route of a pipeline.
Dakota Rural Action purchased the billboards to get citizens engaged. The determination whether to award eminent domain to the common carrier in the permitting process.
Considering the string of recent denials of eminent domain authority to private entities, like a pipeline, in the last few months, the billboard ad buy is a smart…
Long Beach Township took property from 7 beach front owners for a storm water project. Long Beach Township asserts it did so because a state agency told it to do so. A natual reply as that explanation worked well with our parents as 9 year olds- so and so made me do it.
The beach project was voided, a win for landwoners. But, since an eminent domain qualifying project was involved, the state & local government were able to start accessing the property from day 1.
The landowners also…
The South Carolina Attorney General issued an opinion asserting that a pipeline probably does not have eminent domain authority which sent legislators into overdrive.
The proposal floating around would require an oil and gas comapny to get approval from:
During the vetting process, the new Ferris City Manager was asked about his stance on high speed rail, bouyed by allusions of the use of eminent domain.
Ellis County Commissioners Court opposes the high speed rail plan, in part because of the impact on farm land and the use of eminent domain.
Sherman, the new city manager, said he will be too busy running the city to get into politics like high speed rail.