N.J. Supreme Court Limits Eminent Domain
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Property seized by eminent domain must be blighted, not just unproductive, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 5--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide when governments may seize people's homes and businesses for economic development projects, a key question as cash-strapped cities seek ways to generate tax revenue.    At issue is the scope of the Fifth Amendment, which allows governments to take private property through eminent domain, provided the owner is given "just compensation" and the land is for "public use."   Susette Kelo and several other homeowners in a working-class neighborhood in New London, Conn., filed a lawsuit after city officials announced plans to raze their homes to clear the way for a riverfront hotel, health club and offices...
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By Lynnette Curtis  By LYNNETTE CURTIS  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The North Las Vegas City Council with a 3-2 vote Wednesday went against the recommendation of the city's attorney and rejected a chance to settle a 2-year-old eminent domain battle.
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By SHARON KILEY MACK; OF THE NEWS STAFF  ST. ALBANS - A seven-year battle over the taking of a landowner's property by eminent domain could be over in the wake of the Maine law court's denial of an appeal on the matter.
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By St. Louis Daily Record Staff  Use of eminent domain by communities has been controversial, particularly when it's done to benefit development plans by private companies.  In June of last year, the U.S.
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By Todd B. Bates, Asbury Park Press, N.J.  Mar. 4--Bulkheads, roads and other development limit nearly one third of  the area in New Jersey where tidal salt marshes could "retreat" as the sea  level rises, according to a new study and one of its Rutgers University  authors.
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By Jotham Sederstrom, Daily News, New York  Feb. 8--Thirteen property owners threatened by the controversial Atlantic  Yards project fired their first legal salvo yesterday, challenging the use of  eminent domain to make way for the 22-acre development.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that foreign governments can be sued in an effort to collect unpaid local property taxes on residences for their diplomats at the United Nations.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 9--Mint Hill, Stallings and Indian Trail will have to limit development in a watershed that's home to an endangered mussel, a state panel ruled Thursday.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court's ruling that upheld a county ordinance banning gun shows on government property such as fairgrounds.
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An appeals court ruled yesterday that New Jersey&#39;s environmental commissioner overstepped his authority by trying to block this year&#39;s planned bear hunt.
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By Caryn Tamber  Maryland's top court has said the city of Frederick followed all the rules in condemning a property to build a parking garage.   The Court of Appeals yesterday agreed with two lower courts that the city was within its rights to condemn property owned by the J.P.
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By Michael Fitzgerald, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 3--Developers and certain landowners are suing the city of Stockton to undo a new law requiring them to preserve farmland in atonement for paving so much over.
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By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 23--RICHMOND -- For the second year in a row, the General Assembly is approaching adjournment with lawmakers trying to hammer out a deal on legislation limiting government's power to seize private property by invoking eminent domain.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 26--BRADENTON -- The eminent domain trial where the city of Palmetto is seeking to take back the Olympia Theater has begun at the Manatee County Courthouse.   The city sold the historic building at 512 10th Ave. W.
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By Todd Hollingshead, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 8--PROVO -- Some landowners who want out of Pleasant Grove have  taken their case to 4th District Court.    Stanley B.