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Eminent domain has been used to acquire land from African-Americans for urban renewal redevelopments [25] and in other cases to dispossess them and remove them from areas where their presence was not desired by white neighbors, e.g. Bruce's Beach subdivision in Los Angeles, California. [26]
A Texas lawmaker proposes using eminent domain to take ownership of Fairfield Lake State Park, which a developer wants to turn into a gated community. Would it work?
The City of Lakeland, looking to build a connector road between Carpenter's Way and U.S. 98 along the interstate frontage, has approved the used of eminent domain, if needed, to acquire the ...
Most states use the term eminent domain, but some U.S. states use the term appropriation or expropriation (Louisiana) as synonyms for the exercise of eminent domain powers. [47] [48] The term condemnation is used to describe the formal act of exercising the power to transfer title or some lesser interest in the subject property.
Usually, the state of Texas wins eminent domain cases. But in the case of Fairfield Lake State Park, the state was beat out by a private developer from Dallas. Here’s how.
As a result, Texas is the only public land state in the US to control all of its own public lands; [7] all federal lands in Texas were acquired by purchase (e.g. military bases), donation (e.g. national parks) or eminent domain. Texas's public lands were significantly enlarged by the US Submerged Lands Act of 1953 and the resolution of the ...
Jul. 27—The Texas Supreme Court recently affirmed in a 5-3 decision that Texas Central has the right to exercise eminent domain power in building the proposed high speed rail from Dallas to Houston.
Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [14] Counties in Texas do not have zoning power (except for limited instances). However, counties can collect a small portion of property tax and spend it to provide residents with needed services or to employ the power of eminent domain. The Harris County Administration Building