Eminent Domain Watch --------

In the United States, the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution requires that just compensation be paid when the power of eminent domain is used, and requires that "public purpose" of the property be demonstrated. Over the years the definition of "public purpose" has expanded to include economic development plans which use eminent domain seizures to enable commercial development for the purpose of generating more tax revenue for the local government.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Headlines on Eminent Domain

Critics protest LA eminent domain saleScience Daily (press release) - 21 hours ago14 (UPI) -- Los Angeles officials want to sell land -- originally seized from a furniture maker by eminent domain for use as an animal shelter -- to a private ... Land Seized for Animal Shelter May Be Sold to Developer-Donor ktla 5Critics protest LA eminent domain sale NewKerala.comall 8 related »

Cities call eminent-domain bills too harshArizona Republic, AZ - 12 hours ago... While the city would use eminent domain only as a last resort, lobbyist Patrice Kraus said, Gray's bills would make the project vastly more difficult. ... Gray casts property issue as David-Goliath fight Arizona Republicall 4 related »

Norwood eminent domain case has become a national causeCincinnati Enquirer, OH - 9 hours ago... Of course, government does sometimes need to seize private property. For hundreds of years, indeed, it has done so through power called eminent domain. ...

Professor Bainbridge: Eminent Domain CrimesThe National Center for Public Policy Research, DC - 14 hours agoProfessor Bainbridge is exposing a Los Angeles eminent domain abuse case with a twist: The original landowner not only lost his property for the use of another ...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Even in Clayton eminent domain debate ragesSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - 22 hours ago... So it came as a surprise recently when city officials signed off on a $190 million development project that authorized use of eminent domain, a tool never ... Centene CEO commits to create 800 jobs St. Louis Business Journalall 2 related »

Task force seeks to ‘curb abuses’ on eminent domainKansas City Star, MO - Jan 14, 2006A state task force’s new recommendations on eminent domain should help Missouri lawmakers find middle ground on the contentious issue, one of the task force ...

Natividad recall based in eminent domain voteSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - Jan 12, 2006... owner and 10 of his customers launched a recall campaign against City Councilman Luis Natividad because of his role in an eminent domain procedure that will ...

Ohio high court hears first eminent domain case since US Supreme ...Boston Globe, United States - Jan 11, 2006... Using its power of eminent domain, the city planned to take the neighborhood, which it considers to be deteriorating, and allow a $125 million development of ...

CNN International
Homesteader packs up after eminent domain fight, clearing way for ...San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Jan 13, 2006NAPLES, Fla. – A homesteader leaving his Everglades land after years of fighting the state's claim on it is moving to a bigger ... Everglades tug-of-war comes to end CNNVeteran to leave rich, sad Orlando SentinelEverglades holdout finally moves into new home WBBHThe News-Press - all 110 related »

League of Minnesota Cities counters spin of eminent domain reform ...Coon Rapids ECM Publishers, MN - Jan 12, 2006The League of Minnesota Cities countered the spin of eminent domain reform activists at a House committee hearing in Blaine on Wednesday (Jan. 11). ...

Eminent domain legislation must be worded carefullyMunster Times, IN - Jan 13, 2006A US Supreme Court ruling that loosened restrictions on the use of eminent domain powers is causing state legislatures to rein them in. ... Mayor: Cannelton needs room to grow Perry County News

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"...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." – 5th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

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