Eminent domain remains a critical legal area where public interest intersects with private property rights. The process of land acquisition through eminent domain often sparks disputes regarding the ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile project ...

Authority for Rapid Transportation will pursue legal action against two downtown area property owners to obtain land for two planned rail stations along the over-$10 billion Skyline ...

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 ...

Robert Prevost grew up in a modest home in the south Chicago suburb of Dolton, Illinois. Recently, a realty company purchased that old home, fixed it up, and put it up for sale. Then a few weeks ago, ...

HAMILTON — What is fair market value for a piece of property when the owner doesn’t want to sell at just any price? That’s the question a judge will likely have to answer after Hamilton city officials ...

When Henry Weinstein bought a commercial building at 752 Pacific St. in Brooklyn 1985 he never expected that 20 years later the government would want to take it away and give it to a developer.

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

Senate Republicans began moving budget bills this week, shortly after releasing a spending proposal for fiscal year 2027 that falls $47 million below Gov. Kim Reynolds’ target.

This story was updated Aug. 20, 2025, at 12:36 p.m. to clarify information on a Zoning hearing scheduled for the property. Reading City Council is weighing the use of eminent domain to take ownership ...

PIERRE — The South Dakota coalition that successfully pushed for a state ban on eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines last winter will propose broader limits on eminent domain and more ...