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2. Eminent domain - Wikipedia

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   Eminent domain. Eminent domain[a] (also known as land acquisition, [b] compulsory purchase, [c] resumption, [d] resumption / compulsory acquisition, [e] or expropriation[f]) is the power to take private property for public use. It does not include the power to take and transfer ownership of private property from one property owner to another ...

3. Eminent domain in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Eminent domain in the United States. In the United States, eminent domain is the power of a state or the federal government to take private property for public use while requiring just compensation to be given to the original owner. It can be legislatively delegated by the state to municipalities, government subdivisions, or even to private ...

4. Inverse condemnation - Wikipedia

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   Property law. Inverse condemnation is a legal concept and cause of action used by property owners when a governmental entity takes an action which damages or decreases the value of private property without obtaining ownership of the property through the use of eminent domain. Thus, unlike the typical eminent domain case, the property owner is ...

5. Can Texas really use eminent domain to keep Fairfield Lake ...

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   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?

6. Kelo v. City of New London - Wikipedia

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   Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development does not violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

7. Texas Supreme Court affirms eminent domain for High ... - AOL

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   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.

8. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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   The "Takings Clause", the last clause of the Fifth Amendment, limits the power of eminent domain by requiring "just compensation" be paid if private property is taken for public use. It was the only clause in the Bill of Rights drafted solely by James Madison and not previously recommended to him by other constitutional delegates or a state ...

9. Constitution of Texas - Wikipedia

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   Constitution of Texas (2022) at Wikisource. The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas, and enumerates the basic rights of the citizens of Texas. The current document was adopted on February 15, 1876, and is the seventh constitution in Texas ...