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Possible rail line concerns farmers

Easterday hasn’t signed anything and doesn’t know of anyone who has. He said the agent alluded to the fact that Union Pacific had the authority to use eminent domain to acquire land for right-of-way.

Source: Yuma Sun, August 23, 2006

Spanish firm to build and run new PFI toll road in Texas

But a corridor of this overall width – maybe as much as 360 m - has alarmed people who stand forced to surrender property in land and buildings to the project. This concern has been sharpened by the disclosure that, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the developers intend to exercise the principle of ‘eminent domain’ in land acquisition proceedings on the grounds that they are acting as agents of a public authority.

Source: CIOP International Construction Review, August 25, 2006

Grassroots groups fight land grabs

Like popcorn spilling over, the cases of abuse of eminent domain have been multiplying ever since the U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled that it is okay to confiscate property from one private owner and give it to another to redevelop.

Source: WorldNetDaily, August 17, 2006

FEMA lifts reporter ban

FEMA announced today it reversed a policy preventing Hurricane Katrina victims in government trailer parks from being interviewed by the media unless an agent was present.

Source: WorldNetDaily, July 26, 2006

FEMA bans reporters from Katrina victims

Federal officials are preventing Hurricane Katrina victims in government trailer parks from being interviewed by the media unless a FEMA agent is present at all times.

Source: WorldNetDaily, July 26, 2006

City begins condemnation process for church land

The city of Arvada is working toward condemning a church property in Olde Town to build a parking lot for the new Arvada Library set to open this fall.

Source: MileHighNews (online), June 29, 2006

Nonprofit's lawsuit claims Riviera Beach development illegal

A California-based legal foundation filed suit Monday against Riviera Beach [Florida], alleging that the city's contract to develop International Harbor Village is illegal.

Source: Palm Beach Post (online), June 13, 2006

City to consider taking land from Wal-Mart Prime bay property could be seized by eminent domain

The Hercules City Council [California] will consider whether to use eminent domain to wrest a 17-acre property from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. after the nation's largest retailer rejected a city offer to buy the site with views of San Pablo Bay, city officials said Thursday.

Source: SFGate, May 5, 2006

City revokes condemnation ruling against Filipino church

After a long stretch of intense negotiations, the members of Filipino Baptist Fellowship in Long Beach, Calif., are claiming a victory now that the city’s redevelopment agency has terminated its efforts to acquire their church building through eminent domain.

Source: (BP) News, April 27, 2006

Supreme Court Rules in Property Takeover Case

The Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 3, today that Arkansas state officials were wrong to take away the home of a Little Rock man for nonpayment of real estate taxes.

The majority held, in a ruling that could affect how other states handle property takeovers, that the officials did not do enough when they sent certified mail to 717 North Bryan Street, telling Gary Jones that he was delinquent in his taxes, and when they published a notice of public sale in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Source: The New York Times (online), April 26, 2006

Eminent domain issue goes to voters

Voters headed to the polls this November will be asked to decide whether the state constitution should be changed to make it harder for the government to seize land through eminent domain.

Source: Portsmouth (NH) Herald, April 22, 2006

'Project Frontline' to protest government takings

Logan Darrow Clements of Freestar Media has launched "Project Frontline," a campaign to surround pieces of property set for government-enforced seizure with protesters, hoping it will attract media attention and stall the eviction of the affected property owners.

Source: WorldNetDaily, April 19, 2006

New London city council nixes move of eminent domain homes

A new push to save some New London homes from eminent domain. has fallen short.

Source: WTNH News 8 (online), April 3, 2006

Stockbridge insists on land from florist shop

The Stockbridge City Council [Henry County] voted Monday to stick to its guns, maintaining its desire to use eminent domain laws to forcibly buy a florist shop from a couple that does not want to sell.

Source: ajc.com, March 28, 2006

S. Korea Farmers' Plight Draws Attention

Hundreds of elderly farmers face forcible eviction from their land to allow the expansion of a U.S. military base near Seoul, according to the human rights group Amnesty International.

Source: Breitbart, March 18, 2006

Developer: Eminent domain bill would make projects too costly

A Riviera Beach [Florida] developer said Wednesday he does not want to use the city's condemnation power to take people's homes, but he needs it to get property from speculators who are trying to make millions of quick bucks.

Source: Herald Tribune [Florida] (online), March 17, 2006

Widow to be forced from home

The city of Cincinnati has the right to take the home of an 80-year-old Clifton resident to move Dixmyth Avenue, north of Good Samaritan Hospital, a magistrate ruled Tuesday....

The city really wants his mother's property to facilitate the $122 million expansion of Good Samaritan Hospital, Dimasi said, and that makes the taking illegal under a year-long moratorium on eminent domain for private development. Gov. Bob Taft signed the ban into law last year as a reaction to a U.S. Supreme Court decision, while state lawmakers study the issue.

Source: The Inquirer of cincinnait.com, March 15, 2006

City to seize church by eminent domain

The city of Long Beach, Calif., is using the power of eminent domain bolstered by last summer's U.S. Supreme Court ruling to condemn a Baptist congregation's church building.

Source: WorldNetDaily, March 11, 2006

States Curbing Right to Seize Private Homes

In a rare display of unanimity that cuts across partisan and geographic lines, lawmakers in virtually every statehouse across the country are advancing bills and constitutional amendments to limit use of the government's power of eminent domain to seize private property for economic development purposes.

Source: The New York Times, February 21, 2006

House panel rips Riviera Beach over use of eminent domain

Riviera Beach's billion-dollar waterfront redevelopment project took a beating Tuesday during a meeting of a House committee that is studying ways to limit the use of eminent domain in Florida.

Source: Palm Beach Post (online), February 8, 2006

Government targets small black church

A small church in Oklahoma has come up against the large hand of the state as it faces possible seizure to make room for a tax-generating shopping center.

Source: WorldNetDaily, January 27, 2006

US bank bans loans to developers using seized land

A regional US bank has banned lending to commercial developers who plan to build on land seized from private citizens, in protest against the strengthening of government powers to make compulsory purchases.

Source: Financial Times (online), January 25, 2006

Norwood, Ohio Plans to take private Property

The city council of Norwood, Ohio plans to condemn a private residence and replace it with a $125 million business complex. The city claims the neighborhood is deteriorating.

Source: The Washington Times (online), January 12, 2006

Report implicating Clinton: Will it be hidden for good?

Though it has had scant attention from the mainstream media, a bipartisan effort to squelch an independent counsel's final report on Clinton-era abuse of the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department has gotten the attention of Web activists and commentators, causing a growing call for the release of the document that is said to including damning evidence against the 42nd president and his administration.

Source: WorldNetDaily, December 26, 2005

Eminent domain proposal dumped

After nearly two years of contentious debate over a plan to expand the city's eminent domain zone, the City Council scrapped the proposal last night.

The City Council, acting as the Community Development Commission, said the expansion wasn't necessary. But just a few months ago it was still trying to convince a skeptical public that the idea was in the city's best interest.

SignOnSanDiego (online), December 14, 2005

Eminent-domain mayor: We're rescuing residents

The new Ground Zero in the rekindled war over eminent domain is Riviera Beach, Fla., whose mayor says the potential relocation of as many as 6,000 residents is "necessary to rescue and save the remainder of the people of Riviera Beach."

Source: WorldNetDaily, December 7, 2005

Cops arrest woman over $1.16 tax bill

A matter of $1.16 in unpaid taxes has led to the arrest of a former Miss Ohio.

Source: WorldNetDaily, October 14, 2005

Bipartisan Support for Eminent Domain Reform

Some Republican and Democratic lawmakers called for national reform of eminent domain policy on Tuesday, the same day the Senate Judiciary Committee (search) heard witnesses offer their appraisals of the Supreme Court's recent decision expanding the ability of government to seize private land.

Source: Fox News (online), September 20, 2005

'Stop The Bop' To Raise Katrina $$

Suggested by a few members of the student council, the school [Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown, Pa.] is playing Hanson's 1996 hit "MMMBop" through the loudspeakers before classes begin, between periods and during lunch. The idea? Annoy students into donating; have them pay to stop the music.

Source: CBS News (online), September 13, 2005

New London homeowners slapped with eviction notices

Despite Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell's suggested moratorium on eminent domain cases in the state, pending the consideration of new legislation restriction property seizures by local governments, the city of New London has issued eviction notices to homeowners who lost their case before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Kelo v. the City of New London ruling.

Source: WorldNetDaily, September 12, 2005

Golden adds twist to TV tower dispute

The city of Golden has offered to buy property on Lookout Mountain where Denver's main television stations, including 9News, want to build a new broadcasting tower. The City Manager says if the stations won't sell, Golden will exercise its powers of eminent domain and seize the land for open space.

Source: 9News (online), August 30, 2005

Perry signs law limiting property seizures

Texas' governor signed a law Wednesday strictly limiting the power of state and local government to seize private property for economic development.

Source: The News & Observer (online), August 31, 2005

Supreme Court won't reconsider New London case

The Supreme Court, given a chance to revisit a heavily criticized ruling, refused Monday to reconsider its decision giving local governments more power to seize people's homes for economic development.

Source: WTNH News (online), August 22, 2005

Daytona businesses must sell property

A court ruling Friday allows Daytona Beach to force the sale of three Boardwalk businesses to make way for a $120 million redevelopment project that would be the last major piece in the city's remake of its historic oceanside.

Source: Orlando Sentinel (online), August 20, 2005

County to landowner: You will rent to us

Citing eminent-domain laws, an Arizona court has forced a landowner to continue renting space to Maricopa County even though the municipal government failed to agree to terms to extend the lease.

Source: WorldNetDaily, November 4, 2003

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