Sentences with phrase «eminent domain does»

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As for Hoffman's recent agreement to sell the farm to the Park District, Berg said: «I don't believe you can sell property to avoid a lawsuit — in this case an eminent domain lawsuit.»

When the owner doesn't want to sell, the government would have to try to acquire the land with eminent domain power.

And furthermore, I don't know enough about eminent domain to judge whether or not he could as Governor use it to block the mosque.

The Connecticut legislature adjourns without passing any reform legislation re eminent domain, but does agree an ombudsman is needed.

And though anti eminent domain activists say such reassurances are typically false, what do they know about the rep of the Jennings administration re truth telling?

Christine Quinn I do support the use of eminent domain for private developers, but as the other two council members said, it needs to be used carefully and infrequently in those circumstances.

And he's willing to use eminent domain against property owners who do not cooperate.

«Please find us the money, find eminent domain, do something for us,» said Loretta Drogo of the Committee to Save Mount Manresa.

Bennett says MVHS doesn't have the power to condemn properties, part of the eminent domain process.

True, the Democrat controlled assembly over the months of its last session didn't act to reform the state's eminent domain laws as Rell requested, and were obviously loath to limit a power urban pols love.

Stephenson said the problem in a number of cases for charter schools has been with them seeking to use eminent domain to gather a small property to complete their planned footprint, where cities do not wish to exercise eminent domain for such a small purpose.

The search had a bit more trouble with DOMA and kept kept returning hits for eminent domain cases, and I can't see a way to make the rudimentary search not do that.

Eminent domain is one of the only areas where the owner has done nothing wrong but can be sued.

Since there is no cost incurred by the owner, owners should retain eminent domain counsel in every case to make sure they do not give up property without being fairly compensated.

The owner does not have to pay out of pocket for our legal fees nor does it come out of their eminent domain award.

The plaintiffs nowhere affirm, that private property has been taken for public use, by the state, in the exercise of the eminent domain; nor do the defendants allege it, nor do the court below; on the contrary, Chief Justice PARKER says, 7 Pick.

There is not binding case law in all parts of the United States on the incorporation of the 3rd Amendment on quartering soldiers under the 3rd Amendment (but this is not a big deal since there are very few soldiers who don't count as federal who seek to be quartered in someone's house and there are other incorporated rights which overlap with this one like the 5th Amendment eminent domain rights that overlap with the protections of the 3rd Amendment, and because many state constitutions contains 3rd Amendment protections anyway).

But I have had a property that was in a commercial area and the city wanted to make an eminent domain District and at the time I did not like the idea.

Furthermore, when a government entity exercises its eminent domain authority, it should do so only when necessary to materially advance a real public use.

On the other hand, Jeffreys adds, it is good to see legislators doing their jobs, reviewing eminent domain laws and definitions, and working to prevent any abuses of that power.

For example, it does not mean a home can not be seized under eminent domain by the government.

Later this year the U.S. Government Accountability Office is due to release a study commissioned by Congress to look at what the states are doing on eminent domain and identify cases of condemnation abuse.