And the political consequences consider the New London, Conn. eminent-domain fiasco would require too much backbone from spineless state legislators in states on the route. ❋ Unknown (2011)
When grandiose slum-clearance and transit plans destabilized neighborhoods, Baltimore's one-party establishment arranged eminent-domain seizures and pushed even more "big footprint" renewal projects. ❋ Steve H. Hanke (2012)
Like the Supreme Court's eminent-domain decision (Kelo v. City of New London), Osborne has had the effect of unleashing the power of the state on unsuspecting individuals. ❋ Jonathan V. Last (2010)
The surge in condemnation actions comes ahead of a change in Texas' eminent-domain statute that takes effect Sept. 1. ❋ Daniel Gilbert (2011)
In February, the city initiated the eminent-domain process on holdout property owners in Willets Point. ❋ Joseph De Avila (2011)
The new law requires entities with eminent-domain authority to make a good-faith offer before filing suit, and gives landowners more time to respond to offers. ❋ Daniel Gilbert (2011)
The money for eminent-domain purchases to build new, long stretches of straight track would be staggering. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The project, already controversial for its use of eminent-domain property seizures and what some advocates saw as an insufficient commitment to affordable housing, took on a new layer of malaise: the indignity of bad architecture. ❋ Robbie Whelan (2011)
Typically, the agencies designate neighborhoods as "blighted" in advance of eminent-domain property takings on behalf of projects to build condominiums, shopping centers, sports stadiums, convention centers and the like. ❋ Unknown (2012)
For their part, city economic-development officials say that discussions with Willets Point owners are continuing, but they will proceed with eminent-domain proceedings if a negotiated acquisition isn't reached. ❋ Kavita Mokha (2011)
In southwestern Indiana a group called Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads coalesced around a resistance to the use of eminent-domain laws to break up farms, an aversion to pavement and strip malls, and a preference for fiscal conservatism. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In November, Mr. Ratner cleared his biggest legal hurdle with a crucial eminent-domain victory. ❋ Unknown (2010)
State officials also don't believe Mr. Paladino's eminent-domain proposal would survive a legal challenge, he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)
It involved the efforts of the owner of a property seized by Maryland in an eminent-domain proceeding to get paid in the gold or silver coin that states are permitted to make legal tender. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But after the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in February 2010 canceled 77 drilling leases that the Bush administration had approved in Utah's canyon country, state legislators drafted the eminent-domain bill to try and force their way onto federal land. ❋ Jim Carlton (2010)
Desserts are a specialty: Order one of the famous gingerbread houses "eminent-domain style" and a waiter dressed as Uncle Sam will whisk it away just as your children start to dig in. ❋ Unknown (2009)
New London is one of the most unpopular decisions in the history of the Supreme Court, and if Sotomayor made an even worse eminent-domain decision, that is certainly noteworthy. ❋ Unknown (2009)
