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 ...

The Supreme Court will consider whether a municipality can condemn a piece of property in order to trade it for another parcel that will be preserved as open space. The Supreme Court will also take up ...

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 ...

DENVER – Opponents of the Army’s proposal to triple the size of its Pinon Canyon training site gathered Tuesday to back a measure that would bar the military from using state eminent domain laws to ...

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

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 ...

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

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. Pittsburgh officials voted in December to pursue eminent domain against a troubled senior housing complex, putting a spotlight on ...