The Wall Street Journal comments on the Ohio Supreme Court's repudiation of private takings of land. In her opinion for a unanimous court this week, Ohio Supreme Justice Maureen O'Connor wrote, "For the individual property owner, the appropriation is not simply the seizure of a house. It is the taking of a home — the … ...
by Timothy Sandefur Inquiring Minds reports that San Bernardino County, California (my home town) will be considering an initiative to ban the use of eminent domain for private uses. … ...
Castlewatch has a story about the ways government uses eminent domain to take property away from businesses and to give the land to the competitors of that business. … ...
Professor Ilya Somin offers a characteristically thoughtful and thorough analysis of the big Ohio Supreme Court eminent domain decision here. Of special note is his take on the "heightened scrutiny" portion of the opinion, which Prof. Somin suggests could prove more important than the higher-profile economic benefit holding. ...
PLF filed an important property rights suit today in a Texas federal court. The press release announcing the suit, which aims to protect property owners from the government's irrational application of the Texas Open Beaches Act, can be found here. … ...
by Steven Geoffrey Gieseler This morning the Ohio Supreme Court struck what's surely the biggest post-Kelo judicial blow to eminent domain abuse in any state in the Union. In Norwood v. Horney, the court unanimously held that in Ohio, mere economic benefit is not enough to allow governments to take private property. Perhaps even m ...
Escondido, California, seems to be getting ready to use eminent domain to benefit Lowe's hardware. … ...
The Heartland Institute reports on attempts to get Congress to act on the eminent domain reform bill. … ...
by Timothy Sandefur In St. Charles, Missouri, a debate rages about proposed guidelines for the use of eminent domain. This article once again employs a strange buzzword that keeps cropping up in these discussions: Lawyers, elected officials and St. Charles County residents described eminent domain as a redevelopment tool…." Okay, so it ...