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Characteristics. In most cities, condemned properties are usually buildings that are extremely dilapidated, damaged or deteriorated, so that they are likely to collapse or become an unattractive nuisance or urban blight. Such buildings may also be fire hazards or severe health hazards, and may be infested with rodents or vermin and lacking in ...
The relaxation allowed the sale of agricultural goods and medicine to Cuba for humanitarian reasons. Although Cuba initially declined to engage in such trade (having even refused U.S. food aid in the past, [37] seeing it as a half-measure serving U.S. interests), the Cuban government began to allow the purchase of food from the U.S. as a result ...
Laws applied. U.S. Const. amend. United States v. 50 Acres of Land, 469 U.S. 24 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding whether a public condemnee is entitled to consequential damages measured by the cost of acquiring a substitute facility if it has a duty to replace the condemned facility. The Court declined to award the costs ...
The U.S. claims to confiscated property in Cuba lie at the heart of the U.S. embargo. U.S. law requires a resolution of the issue before the embargo — imposed on Cuba during the early days of ...
A federal judge ordered four Florida-based cruise lines that sailed to Cuba to pay more than $400 million in damages to the American company that had the concession to some of the port piers in ...
October 22, 2024 at 3:58 PM. A federal appeals court on Tuesday tossed a $400 million judgment against four cruise-ship companies that took passengers to Cuba and were sued for damages for ...
Cuba portal. v. t. e. The Platt Amendment was a piece of United States legislation enacted as part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill that defined the relationship between the United States and Cuba following the Spanish-American War. [1] It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of ...
Just compensation is a right enshrined in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (and counterpart state constitutions), which is invoked whenever private property is taken by the government. Under some state constitutions, it is also owed when the government "damages" private property. Usually, the government files an eminent domain ...