Supreme Court to Review Taking Property for Development
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would decide whether the government can take a person's home or business for a private development project intended to boost tax revenues and revitalize a local economy.
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The Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether companies that voluntarily seek to clean up their polluted land can sue former owners to get help with the costs. The case could have important ramifications for communities with abandoned toxic plants, landfills and mines.
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By Elizabeth Ahlin, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 24--COUNCIL BLUFFS -- In an attempt to beat the clock on new Iowa restrictions, the City Council will consider Monday taking as many as 66 properties through eminent domain over the next year.
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By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Dec. 9--The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments Friday between canal companies and groundwater pumping irrigators in an effort to decide who controls Idaho's most important natural resource -- its water.
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WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court is to decide the constitutionality of displays of the Ten Commandments on government property in what could be the most important church-state ruling of its term.
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The Supreme Court announced that it will decide whether the Constitution permits governments to transfer property from one private owner to another in the name of creating jobs and tax revenue -- a case that could affect local economic development policy and individual property rights nationwide.
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By The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Mar. 3--Ohio needs a statewide standard for eminent domain to protect property owners while still giving government the power to undertake necessary public works and redevelopment.
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The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider the constitutionality of a statewide primary election system in which the top two finishers advance to the general election even if they are from the same party.
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TRENTON  The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Mount Laurel Township Council was within its rights to seize land from a developer in order to preserve open space.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Tuesday it would decide whether cities can seize a person&#39;s property and transfer it to private developers whose projects could boost an ailing local economy.
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Some of the major business-related cases that will be heard by the Supreme Court in the term that begins Monday:
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday considers how New York and Michigan have regulated out-of-state shipments.
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Every property owner in the state should be alarmed that the New Jersey  Supreme Court decided today that government has the right to take  ownership of your land under the guise of preserving open space, whether  you want to sell it or not, according to the Builders League of South  Jersey.
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The Supreme Court meets Wednesday morning to issue opinions in cases that were argued in the fall and to hear oral argument in an important case involving patents.
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As the Supreme Court prepares to examine the issue, the arguments have again turned to the role of the federal courts.
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on  Tuesday that it would decide whether the government can take a  person's home or business for a private development project  intended to boost tax revenues and revitalize a local economy.
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The US Supreme Court, in a surprise move, is to decide if it is legal to display the Ten Commandments on government property.