Sentences with phrase «by eminent domain as»
In March 2015, FERC approved the application, granting Spectra broad authority that supersedes New York State Environmental Law to take additional parkland in Blue Mountain Reservation by eminent domain as part of the pipeline upgrade.
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Absent such a standard, the shareholder proposal rule becomes nothing less than a species of private eminent domain by which the federal government allows a small minority to appropriate someone else's property — the company is a legal person, after all, and it is the company's proxy statement at issue — for use as a soap - box to disseminate their views.
In particular, I recalled how, back in 1993, when Trump decided he wanted to build special limousine parking lots around his Atlantic City casino and hotel, he had used all his influence to get the state of New Jersey to steal the home of an elderly widow named Vera Coking by declaring «eminent domain» over her property, as well as over a nearby pawn shop and a small family - run Italian restaurant.
Update: As of December 2016, AG Healey successfully negotiated for compensation to the state for conservation land taken by eminent domain during the construction of the Connecticut Expansion Project.
«And John Faso took money from fossil fuel companies as they tried to take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline.»
By Sean Ryan A dispute over what qualifies as blight is at the heart of Oak Creek's possible use of eminent domain to take a farm and clear the way for development.
Mr. Feldman is hailed by interviewees as an «eminent domain expert.»
The plaintiff argued that the threatened acquisition of property for use as parkland by eminent domain during land use proceedings was a taking warranting payment of just compensation.
Likewise, when a government entity exercises its eminent domain power to condemn private property for public use, the government should provide - as required by the 5th Amendment - «just» compensation to affected property owners that covers not only the value of the property condemned but also all other reasonable and necessary costs generated by the condemnation action including, but not limited to, hiring legal counsel, obtaining temporary housing, lost business revenue, severance damages.
Supports eminent domain authority only for a public use (e.g., ownership by a public entity), as well as a broad interpretation of «just» compensation, to include all reasonable and necessary costs which result from exercise of such authority, not just the value of the property condemned.