FIGHT FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS
This article deals with the status
of eminent domain in Virginia. It
addresses many current problems,
and provides examples of abuses.
M A Tobey V Mag for Women 06
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One Year After Kelo
A Castle Coalition Document reports
Skyrocketing Eminent Domain Abuse,
Chronicles. Legislative Response to
Kelo, Exposing Myths & Dev. Failures
IJ/CC Report Kelo 06 Anniversary
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MAKING JUST COMPENSATION JUST
This excellent paper examines inadequacies
of eminent domain law, unfriendly rulings
of the courts toward property owners, and
the routine practice of paying less than "just
compensation" when private property is taken.
Gideon Kanner, Esq. Loyola University
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$1.75 MILLION AWARD TO DAIRY FARMER
The Court found that high voltage powerlines
damaged milk production for years and that
the farmer had done everything possible to
correct the problem only to discovered that
stray high voltage had been the cause of the
problem when he installed a new isolater.
The Wisconsin Journal 05
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY: ONE MAN'S STORY
This article deals with the almost impossible
circumstances facing a Virginia property
owner who is offered a low price for his
land by VDOT, and despite proving them
wrong in court receives far less than his
property is worth because his court costs
have taken over 50 % of the benefit he
gained by challenging their offer in court.
The Virginia Pilot, Norfolk 05
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PROTECT HOME FROM
EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE
The Institute for Justice in Washington, DC
has filed suit in the Ohio Supreme Court to
stop a private developer from bulldozing
the now vacant home of two senior citizens
who were forced to vacate when the City of
Norwood rented out its power of eminent
domain for the expansion of a shopping mall.
The Institute for Justice 05
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EMINENT DOMAIN BILLS ADVANCE
Personal stories of abuse did not keep the
Senate Courts of Justice Committee from
weakening two reform bills designed to give
Virginia property owners greater protection
when property is taken by eminent domain.
G. Edwards Richmond Times Dispatch 05
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VIRGINIA MUST REFORM
EMINENT DOMAIN LAWS
The position of this editorial is that the
legislation proposed by Delegate Thelma
Drake is needed to clearly define the term
"public use" because left undefined, this
has led to serious eminent domain abuses
throughout the United States and the states
and this is affecting the VA Commonwealth.
Delegate T. Drake of Norfolk 04
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PROPERTY OWNER'S GUIDE TO
CONDEMNATION AND JUST COMPENSATION
Article addresses the questions most
commonly asked by Virginia property
owners who are facing the prospect
of an eminent domain condemnation.
Waldo The Virginia Pilot, Norfolk
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ROLE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN
PROTECTING LIBERTY
Deals with the decline of liberty,
justice, and prosperity related to
a restriction of property rights,
Becktel Prince Wm.Times 02
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MISSISSIPPI CHURNING
Institute for Justice case before the US
Supreme Court challenges Mississippi's
right to use eminent domain to take private
property for use by Nissan Corporation.
Editorial Wall Street Journal 02
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TELECOM MEASURE CLOSELY WATCHED
This article deals with HB 754 which, would
expand the number of telecommunication
companies allowed to use eminent domain in
the state of Virginia and grant this power to
Level 3 Communications, a company which
had been previously turned down by the
State Corporation Commission for lack of
"managerial policies, abilities, and resources "
G. Edwards Richmond Times-Dispatch 04
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ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT STOPS
EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE
The Illinois Supreme Court struck
down an attempt by government to
use eminent domain to take property
from one private owner to increase
the profits of his neighbor for taxes.
Blum Institute for Justice 02
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MAJORITY OF FORT TRUMBULL
HOME OWNERS WIN
The City wanted everyone out, but
a group of committed property owners
was not interested in selling and leaving
the neighborhood. They wanted to keep
their homes and businesses and they won.
Blum Institute for Justice 00
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TEMPER EMINENT DOMAIN WITH FAIRNESS
Deals with 2002 eminent domain reform
efforts in the Virginia General Assembly,
that were designed to address the abuses
of Eminent Domain that occur in Virginia.
Waldo The Virginia Pilot 02
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STATE COURT SIDES WITH
PROPERTY OWNER
A Pennsylvania court has blocked
a condemnation, on the grounds that
government improperly delegated its
public power to a private developer.
Starkman Wall Street Journal 01
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FARMER FIGHTS LOSING LAND
TO WILSON BRIDGE PROJECT
This article deals with VDOT's taking
of a family's farm in Westmoreland
County to mitigate wetlands damaged by
the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in DC.
Kunkle The Washington Post 01
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PROPERTY SEIZURES OVERSTEP
BOUNDARIES OF "PUBLIC USE"
Government land grabs that only benefit
private economic interests threaten
government control of private property.
USA Today 01
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EMINENT BUT INADEQUATE
Questions the fairness of VDOT's
offer to replace a condemned, 111
year old, restored farm house with a
double wide or 40 year old rancher
Daily Progress C'ville,VA, 01
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KISS YOUR HOUSE GOOD-BYE
Deals with the expanded use of the power
of eminent domain - where governments
unfairly take private property from tax paying
citizens and make it available at lower costs
to private developers to increase the tax base.
Felton Readers Digest, 01
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PRICES IN QUESTION IN
EMINENT DOMAIN CASES
Examines VDOT's taking of land
belonging to the Eisen family of Prince
William County. Raises the issue of
unfair purchase offers by condemnors.
Jenkins Washington Post, 01
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CHANGE VIRGINIA'S EMINENT DOMAIN LAW:
GIVE PROPERTY OWNERS A FAIR CHANCE
Deals with the lack of legal protection
for property owners who receive a
low, unfair offer from a condmenor.
McCord Roanoke Times 00
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POWERLINES HURT PROPERTY VALUES
The vast majority of realtors and
appraisers in the New River Valley
believe that property values are
lowered by high voltage powerlines.
Brown Roanoke Times, 99
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GIVE AND TAKE
Concerns government's expanded
use of Eminent Domain. Taking
from one private property owner and
making the land available to another
"more desirable" property owner.
Starkman Wall Street Journal
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EMINENT DOMAIN, OR JUST GREED?
Addresses the forcible taking of
land from one business, merely to
facilitate the growth of another.
Kanner Wall Street Journal 99
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NEW YORK CITY LAND GRAB:
GREED IS GOOD
The author is Law Professor Emeritus,
Loyola University and one of the nation's
foremost authorities in eminent domain law.
Kanner The National Law Rev 98
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