This article looks at the use of a "special benefit” in eminent domain cases. Article I (§7, subd. (a)) of the New York State Constitution and the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ...

Thanks again to Eugene for letting me blog at the VC this week about my new book—Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in ...

A measure aimed at restricting the use of eminent domain for carbon capture and storage projects has been rejected by the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy in the Louisiana House of ...

Daniel M. Lehmann, who practices eminent domain law and real property valuation, discusses a decision in New Jersey where the court did not automatically approve the governmental attempt to exercise ...

Is your home your castle? Not when eminent domain law lets politicians confiscate your property if they claim it’s for “public use.” Politicians say they need the power to take property to build ...

The only way to preserve our rights and safety is for the House-passed protections to become law, writes Deb Freeman.

The state plans to use the eminent domain law to take 13 homes, seven vacant properties, and some land at Market Basket in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pittsburgh officials voted in December to pursue eminent domain against a troubled senior housing complex, putting a spotlight on ...

Benton County will start over in creating an authority to finance and build large-scale real estate projects to attract businesses after two other counties declined to participate.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homes in Weehawken New Jersey have a spectacular view of the NY skyline. Residents of the Garden State have been inundated with ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – A judge has given Onondaga County the green light to move ahead with a redevelopment of the vacant ...

Pittsburgh officials voted in December to pursue eminent domain against a troubled senior housing complex, putting a spotlight on a legal tool that allows governments to take private property for ...