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Eminent Domain EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE FROM NEW LONDON AND SUSETTE KELO AND HER NEIGHBORS TO WEST HAVEN, CT TO NORTH DAKOTA BUT SOME ARE FIGHTING BACK IN THE UNITED STATES - THE GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE YOUR HOME - Oct 2016 Consider Attending the 20th Annual Conference of the Property Rights Foundation of America On Oct 22, 2016 in Latham, New York. Review the list of Presenters as well as those who Presented in the Past. The Property Rights Foundation - of America - Oct 2016 Susan Kniep Comments as a Panelist of the 2005 Forum Sponsored by the Federalists Society in 2005. Since 2005, Eminent Domain has Roared back with a Vengeance whether it is Pipelines in North Dakota or homes in West Haven.Law Abidding Citizens are loosing their homes to Eminent Domain. We reflect on Suzette Kelo - when watching the West Haven battle unfold today - 2005 Uploaded again in 2016 More Good Work by the Institute of Justice Nampan Protects Property Rights Nampan and the Institute - Working hard to protect our rights - August 2016 In August we learned from the Institute of Justice that the Piano Man would keep his home From Eminent Domain Abuse. But Today we have learned that the decision is being appealed. Eminent Domain Abuse - Strikes Again - Sept 1, 2016 PIPELINES The New Battleground over Fracking Commonwealth Court Upholds Eminent Domain in Sunoco Pipeline Case StateImpact - Susan Phillips - July 2016 BAKKEN OIL PIPELINE IS AS LONG AND AS CONTROVERSIAL AS KEYSTONE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES AND AREA LANDOWNERS FIGHTING TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTIES FROM EMINENT DOMAIN AND MORE Various News - Articles - Aug 2016 Institute of Justice Bakes Up a Fresh Forfeiture VICTORY in Connecticut Institute of Justice - Attorney Robert Everett Johnson - Aug 2016 Judge Sides with Piano Man Against Government Abuse of Power The Institute of - Justice - August 2016 Various Eminent Domain Cases in May and June 2016 Includes Bakken Oil Pipeline and More Various News - Resources - May June 2016 West Haven Homeowners under Threat of Eminent Domain Family homes and small businesses under threat of being destroyed. Various News - Resources - Sept 2015 Redevelopment Authorities and Their Eminent Domain Abuses Also Read Kelo Decision Coming to Big Screen and More on Eminent Domain by Reason.com From Reason.com - Staff - Sept 23, 2015 Nebraska Wins Against Keystone Pipeline Various - News Publications - 2015 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Does Not Have to Listen to Concerns According to one concerned citizen for eminent domain Letter to the - Editor - Aug 2015 From Kelo to the Keystone Pipeline Susette Kelo lost her home to eminent domain 10 years ago. The property sits vacant today. Federation of CT - Taxpayers - March 2015 With all eyes on Keystone Another Tax Sands Pipeline Just Crossed the Border Newsweek - Staff - Nov 2014 Attend the March 20 2015 Conference KELO A Decade Later Also Read about the Eminent Domain Issue of Today ... The Keystone Pipeline The Federation of - Ct Taxpayers - March 2015 What Malloy Proposes is Considered Eminent Domain on Steroids Company selected by State gave 145,000 dlr donation to Democrats. Bill Threatens Cities and Towns. Federation of CT - Taxpayer Org - March 2015 Eminent Domain From California to Georgia Federation of CT - Taxpayer Org - March 2015 Miscellaneous Eminent Domain Issues From Pipelines to Government Confiscation of Property to Gov Officials Opposing Eminent Domain The Federation of - CT Taxpayers - March 2015 Feb 6 Presentation at the Univ of Florida Symposium on KELO FIRST DECADE including Scott Bullock and Llya Somin author of The Grasping Hand Kelo vs the City of New London Professor of Law - Feb 2 2015 - Llya Somin Congratulations to the Residents of Stratford CT Who Defeated Attempts to Impose Eminent Domain The Federation Plus - Several News Articles - Feb 1, 2015 PIPELINES VS PROPERTY RIGHTS The Eminent Domain Battle is Rejuvenated as a Foreign Company with the help of Congress pursues properties owned by Americans The Federation Plus - Many News Publications - Feb 2015 Challenge to XL Keystone Pipeline Aims at Neb. Eminent Domain Law Landowners of two Nebraska counties sued Keystone challenging constitutionality of a state law that grants the Canadian oil giant eminent domain powers Courthouse News - Ted Wheeler - Jan 20, 2015 Keystone Builder Files for Eminent Domain for Pipeline Route The Hill - Staff - Jan 20, 2015 Nebraskans File Lawsuits To Stop the KEYSTONE Pipeline which threatens their property with Eminent Domain Emily Atkin - Think Progress - Jan 2015 Bills Target Utilities on Eminent Domain and Open Records A land rights coalition wants to curb the power of Virginia public utilities and open company records to the FOI Act Watchdog.org - Kenric Ward - Jan 19 2015 Colorado Couple Fight to Keep their Property from Eminent Domain Fox News - Staff - Aug 2014 The New York Times Offers a Valuable Resource To Research Eminent Domain Issues Throughout the Country The Federation of - Ct Taxpayers - Aug 2014 Congressional Report on Property Rights under HR1944 ..would deny fed economic development assist to state or local gov that exercise the power of eminent domain for economic development purposes Sierra Sun Times - Staff - June 30, 2013 Small Business Owner Wins Big In California Eminent Domain Case Announced by - Law Firm - Jan 2014 Eight Years Later Kelo Site Still Barren As Is National Press Coverage Tom Blumer - News Busters - June, 2013 Dark Side of Eminent Domain ...using the power of government to take private property to profit the chosen few in the name of economic development is alive and well. CYNTHIA WARD - Voice of OC - July 12, 2013 Miscellaneous Eminent Domain Issues From September to October 2012 Various News - Publications - Oct 22, 2012 EMINENT DOMAIN Point Counterpoint constitutional amendment will safeguard private property from these corrupting impulses and limit condemnation to its traditional and necessary work. John Watkins versus - By Joseph T. Waldo - Oct 2012 City a big loser in land fight Today the city is on the hook for more than 2 million dollars. Modesto Bee - Loretta Kalb - Sept 2012 West Haven council OKs use of eminent domain to acquire land for New Haven magnet school Susan Misur - New Haven Register - Aug 2012 The Week in Keystone XL Eminent Domain and the Truth about Gas Prices Jane Kleeb - boldnebraska.org - May 21, 2012 Connecticut Agency Seeks to Whitewash Its Role in Kelo Eminent Domain Abuse The NLDC voted to change its name to remove its connection to the Kelo debacle Damon Root - Reason on Line - April 27, 2012 NYC Pulls Plug on Willets Point The Eminent Domain Law Blog Posted by - Owners Counsel of America - May 2012 Keystone and Kelo The Reality Based Community Second Article Eminent domain divides an historic farm Various News - Articles - May 2012 A Curve Ball In Willets Plan New York City officials are shaking up one of Mayor Michael Bloombergs key development priorities Wall Street Journal - By ELIOT BROWN - May 16, 2012 CAPITOL WEST HARTFORD A Storied Checkered Past The city agreed to buy Capitol West for 1.7 million dlr Seven months earlier the city had voted to take the property by eminent domain Hartford Courant - K Gosselin - April 2012 TWO ARTICLES Corporate abuse of eminent domain law Senators Actions Deplorable Two News - Sources - April 2012 TWO ARTICLES New Novel Satirizes Eminent Domain Abuse Senior Stands Up Against Local Gov And Willets Point United rallies in support of bill limiting eminent domain use Various News - Articles - April 2012 ILLINOIS Expressway measure cld put state in fast lane to grab land Quick take allows local gov to act fast in seizing land for public projects skipping lengthy legal proceedings Chicago Tribune - Richard Wronski - April 2012 FOUR GREAT ARICLES Activists Occupy Harlem Warehouse in Campus Expansion SECURE right to private property ownership LAND seizure costs Lee 1.92 million dlrs and More Various News - Articles - March 2012 Bill would exempt eminent domain payments from state taxes Bill would modify state tax code to exempt properties acquired by the state for transportation projects Jessica Ablamsky - Gazette - March 2012 The Keystone Fight Is Uniting Tea Partiers With Environmentalists Woman fights eminent domain case from TransCanda pipeline Various News - Sources - Feb 2012 UTAH House passes bill granting cities, counties eminent domain over federal lands The federal government owns nearly 70 percent of the land in the state. Deseret News - Dennis Romboy - Feb 27, 2012 UTAH House passes bill granting cities, counties eminent domain over federal lands Republicans say Utah has been wrongly denied its ability to control land within its borders since statehood. The federal government owns nearly 70 percent of the land in the state. Deseret News - Dennis Romboy - Feb 27, 2012 The United States House of Representatives Passes Anti Kelo Eminent Domain Bill Bill proposes to withhold for two years all federal development funding to states or local governments that take private property for economic development. NJTODAY.NET by - Anthony F. Della Pelle - March 2012 Virginia Voters to Have Final Say on Eminent Domain Amendment Amendment to Constitution seeks to limit the ability of local governments to use the power of eminent domain. fairfaxconnection.com - Michael Lee Pope - Feb 2012 Senate rules out eminent domain for Northern Pass project New Hampshire Senate passes eminent domain bill Various News - Publications - Feb 2012 Judge temporarily halts Pa gas pipeline construction amid court battle A judge has issued a temporary halt to construction and tree clearing on a natural gas pipeline in northern Pennsylvania The Republic - Staff - Feb 17,. 2012 Eminent domain constitutional amendment passes in Senate and House Now it awaits approval by Virginia voters in November Augusta Free Press - Staff - Feb 2012 This Land Was Your Land, Now It is Our Land - Keystone XL and Eminent Domain Its not often you find the Tea Party and environmentalists on the same side of an issue But both are busy this week protesting the Keystone XL pipeline StateImpact Texas - Dave Fehling of StateImpact Texas and David Barer - 2012 Pipeline Companies Fight for Right to Take Property At issue ... companies that want to build pipelines to transport oil and gas as the need surges with increased drilling StateImpact Texas - Dave Fehling - 2012 No Land Grab Keystone will rely on Eminent Domain The taking of private property for a PRIVATE benefit The benefit of TransCanada in this case a FOREIGN corporation and BigOil who own the processing and shipping facilities in Houston. The Daily KOS - by JL Finch - 2012 Judge approves RFTA eminent domain action in Basalt Judge approved Roaring Fork Transportation Authority request to seize a private parcel of land in Basalt Chad Abraham - Aspen Daily News - Jan 31, 2012 Landowners Fight Eminent Domain in Pa Gas Field When federal regulators approved a 39 mile natural gas pipeline through northern Pennsylvania pristine Endless Mountains... Associated Press - MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Jan 2012 Senate rules out eminent domain for Northern Pass project New Hampshire Senate passes eminent domain bill Various News - Sources - Jan 25, 2012 Is Inverse Condemnation the Next Battleground for Reform Too many property owners are still at the mercy of local governments thanks to an obscure legal maneuver By R William Potter - Opinion - 2012 Long Awaited Death of California Eminent Domain Abusers Continues The liabilities associated with redevelopment in the city of Los Angeles are just too big for the county to absorb Reason Online - Tim Cavanaugh - January 12, 2012 MDHA to appeal ruling in eminent domain case over Music City Center At stake is whether the high profile convention hall project will stay under its 585 million dollar budget. The Tennessean - Staff - Jan 14, 2011 Eminent domain should not be given to non elected boards eminent domain should never be granted to any organization which does not have direct accountability to the people in the community St. Augustine Record - By Bruce Maguire - Jan 2012 California legislature did something good and Oregon should follow. California abolishes redevelopment agencies Oregon should too Stop the abuses of the eminent domain process Oregon Catalyst - by In the news - January 1, 2012 California Redevelopment Nightmare Coming To An End In a landmark victory for private property owners in the Golden State, the California Supreme Court today upheld a statute abolishing the nearly 400 redevelopment agencies across the state. Liberty Alerts - Institute for Justice - December, 2011 MISSOURI Man Awarded 1.2 Million Dollars in Condemnation Verdict was 937,500 dollars higher than the 262,500 dollars the state paid to the court in 2008 The Missourian - by Bill Miller Jr. - Dec 27, 2011 Southern Indiana airport loses appeal in land taking The Clark County Regional Airport has lost its appeal leaving it and the county owing more than 600,000 dollars for about 73 acres the airport took in 2009 to prepare for a runway expansion. Ben Zion Hershberg - The Courier-Journal - Dec 23, 2011 Southwest Virginia farmer wins eminent domain lawsuit against VDOT Edd Jennings proved that farmers sometimes can prevail over eminent domain. Kingsport Times News - By staff report - December 10, 2011 An Ivy League Course In Buying Government Power Vagueness invites subjectivity Subjectivity invites selective enforcement Selective enforcement invites favoritism Palisades Hudson Financial Group - Larry Elkin - Dec 2011 WATERBURY,CT Homeowners Fight Eminent Domain Residents say their homes were not assessed at fair market value. nbcconnecticut.com - By Liz Dahlem - Dec 20, 2011 Loss of eminent domain power could spread to other states The decision by the Nevada Legislature to eliminate the Nevada mining industrys power of eminent domain could spread to other western mining states... Dorothy Kosich - Reno, NV - Dec, 2011 EMINENT DOMAIN An expensive lesson The proponents of eminent domain lost a recent round when property owners won a hefty settlement. JDNews.com - Staff - Dec 2011 Mississippi Passes Eminent Domain Initiative Initiative amends the Mississippi Constitution to prohibit state and local government from taking private property by eminent domain and then conveying it to other persons or private businesses for a period of 10 years after acquisition. David Snyder - David Snyder - Nov 30, 2011 ONWASA settles multimillion dollar land lawsuit Backfiring eminent domain plans have cost ONWASA 7.5 million dollars in a recent land dispute settlement, according to court records. LINDELL KAY - - DAILY NEWS STAFF - Nov 2011 The Political Battle Over Eminent Domain Reform in Virginia Supporters of the Virginia law are now trying to incorporate it into the state Constitution. Ilya Somin - volokh.com - Nov 2011 State loses 126 mln dollars eminent domain case over new SUNY center The state of New York has lost a bid to undo a 126 million dollar award granted to a Long Island real estate company in an eminent domain dispute over land to expand a state university. Thomson Reuters News - and Insight - Nov 25, 2011 Governor signs pipeline bills into law Nebraska lawmakers gave the state route authority over future oil pipelines, changed eminent domain laws and authorized the state to fund and perform its own supplemental environmental study for pipelines. by Charlie Litton - Nebraska News Service - Nov, 2011 Norwich, Thayers Marine agree to settle eminent domain case The city has reached a proposed 164,000 dlr settlement agreement with the owners of Thayers Marine & RV over the companys claims that construction of the 22 million dlr regional transportation center has hurt the business.... Claire Bessette - The Day - Nov 23, 2011 Mississippi Voters Pass Initiative Restricting Eminent Domain Powers Voters in Mississippi overwhelmingly passed Initiative 31 which will limit eminent domain condemnations for private benefit Openmarkets.org - Marc Scribner - Nov 9, 2011 Protest part of group strategy The group accused the city of misusing eminent domain Springfield - News Leader - Nov 12, 2011 EMINENT DOMAIN A Handbook of Condemnation Law The chapter covering PUBLIC USE and PUBLIC PURPOSE summarizes the Michigan Supreme Court case County of Wayne v Hathcock and the US Supreme Court case Kelo v City of New London. American Bar - Staff - Oct 4, 2011 The Nets and NBA Economics Eminent Domain and More Malcolm Gladwell - grantland.com - Sept 26, 2011 Hartford Redevelopment Agency Votes To Take Capitol West Through Eminent Domain Property owners have offered to sell the building for 2 million Dlrs,but city is not willing to pay more than 1 million dlrs. Jenna Carlesso - Courant - March 2011 Texas Supreme Court Forbids Taking of Land for Private Pipelines In a potentially important recent decision Texas Rice Land Partners v Denbury Green Pipeline the Texas Supreme Court has invalidated the use of eminent domain for a private pipeline to be owned by an oil company volokh.com - Ilya Somin - Sept 3, 2011 Battle for Brooklyn By LA Weekly Also the ATLANTIC YARDS watchdog blog offers info on Forest City Ratner planned 4.9 billion dlr Atlantic Yards project and the Barclays Center basketball arena and 16 high rise buildings. LA Times and - Blog - Aug 2011 Ruling on Denbury Resources pipeline could have extensive reach A Texas Supreme Court ruling against oil producer Denbury Resources questioning its exercise of eminent domain in constructing an 850 million dlr pipeline cld affect construction of other pipelines Fort Worth Star Telegram - By Jack Z. Smith - Aug 30, 2011 Feds Sue Chicago Town Trying to Remove HUD development. The lawsuit alleges that Joliet violated federal housing laws by moving to condemn and take through eminent domain the federally subsidized housing development. Chicago Sun Times - Staff - Aug 2011 Tower Awarded More Than 30 MILLION DOLLARS In Eminent Domain Case Nashvill, Tennessee... A jury has ruled against the city in a high profile eminent domain case involving the Music City Center property. NewsChannel5.com - Staff - July 22, 2011 Asbury owners get 2.8 million dollars in eminent domain case This is the largest so far in Asbury Parks eminent domain jury cases. app.com - Staff - June 2011 Appeals court backs man in fight over St Louis eminent domain sign A federal appeals court struck down at least part of St Louis sign ordinance postdispatch.com - Staff - July 2011 Columbia University Expansion Allowed by US Supreme Court Business which appealed subject to eminent domain. Federation of CT - Taxpayer Organizations - Dec 13 2010 New Survey Shows Americans Still Opposed to Eminent Domain Some interesting cases are offered below Federation of CT - Taxpayers - 2010 The Case for Liberty Minded Public Officials Excellent Article on Eminent Domain abuse Douglas Price - Editorial - 2010 Eminent Domain is Alive and Well Eminent Domain continues to be abused throughout the country. Steve Cook - Ltr to Editor - 2010 Columbia Gets a Lesson in Property Rights A court struck down attempt to take private land in West Harlem and give to university JULIA VITULLO-MARTIN - Wall Street Journal - Jan 2010 A blight grows in Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Ruling George Will - Washington Post - 2010 Eminent Domain Outrage in Connecticut A Strugging Town Left Holding the Bag By William Fulton - Governing Magazine - Jan 2010 EMINENT DOMAIN ONCE AGAIN HAS RAISED ITS UGLY HEAD IN CONNECTICUT In The Path of the Busway, Businesses, Homes Lost To Plan With Shaky Future Hartford Courant - Staff - July 2009 TO KEEP CURRENT ON EMINENT DOMAIN ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE The Federation of CT - Taxpayer Organizations - 2008 A TIME FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION ON EMINENT DOMAIN! The Castle Coalition offers model state legislation for combating eminent domain abuses. Federation of Connecticut - Taxpayer Organizations - 2008 D.C. eminent domain lawyers awarded fees in Norwood case Institute for Justice Awarded 850,000 Dollars. STEVE KEMME - ENQUIRER.COM - JAN 27, 2007 CINCINNATI LAND SEIZURE OVERTURNED Calhoun Street properties not blighted, judge rules STEVE KEMME - ENQUIRER.COM - JAN 27, 2007 Wyoming Property Rights Case Headed for Supreme Court Protecting private property rights is one of the founding principles of NCBA dating back to 1898. Susan Kniep - FCTO - Jan 2007 EMINENT DOMAIN AND THE BALLOT BOX Numerous challenges to the right of government to seize or regulate private property are up for vote this election day. Les Christie - CNNMoney.com - Oct 30, 2006 NEWS ARTICLES ON EMINENT DOMAIN News Articles Throughout the Country Susan Kniep - FCTO - Sept 2006 THE WHITE HOUSE President George Bush President Bush Issues an Executive Order to Protect the Public from Eminent Domain Susan Kniep - FCTO - 2006 Ohio Supreme Court Ruling...State of CT Laws...and More Ohio Supreme Court rules that homeowners of 35 years can keep their home. Susan Kniep - FCTO - Sept 2006 GOVERNOR RELL WANTS FORT TRUMBULL HOMEOWNERS OUT OF THEIR HOMES Governor Rell is refusing to allow Susette Kelo and others to remain on their properties. Susan Kniep - FCTO - 2006 EMINENT DOMAIN AFTER KELO Susan Kniep participated in a Forum sponsored by The Federalist Society at the State Capital on Eminent Domain. Susan Kniep - FCTO - 2005 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS Call the Governor and Legislature today and stop Eminent Domain abuse Susan Kniep - FCTO - 2005 Source nytimes.com National Debt Details Welcome Fellow Taxpayers We invite you to join with The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations, Inc. (FCTO) and work to Reduce Your State and Local Taxes more...