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City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) went a step further and affirmed the authority of New London, Connecticut, to take non-blighted private property by eminent domain, and then transfer it for a dollar a year to a private developer solely for the purpose of increasing municipal revenues. This 5–4 decision received heavy press coverage and ...
The term "eminent domain" was taken from the legal treatise De jure belli ac pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), written by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius in 1625, [7] which used the term dominium eminens (Latin for "supreme ownership") and described the power as follows:
The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (1970) ("URA") was passed by the U.S. federal government in 1970. It was intended to ensure fair compensation and assistance for those whose property was compulsorily acquired for public use under eminent domain law.
The eminent domain lawsuits are part of a legal process that gives governments authority to take property for public use.
Under state laws, the first step of eminent domain is negotiations between the property owner and condemning authority — the city of Lakeland — in attempts to reach an agreed upon price.
An Act to authorize the condemnation of lands for sites for public buildings, and other purposes (25 Stat. 357), commonly known as the Condemnation Act or the Act of August 1, 1888, is a federal statute adopted by the 50th United States Congress and signed into law on August 1, 1888, which authorizes federal officials to seek eminent domain condemnation of land for the purpose of erecting ...
The eminent domain resolution calls for creating a "municipal campus" on the site to replace its aging town hall, police station, and fire station. ... The state law's density bonus was generous ...
A Treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in the United States. Chicago, Illinois: Callaghan & Company. LCCN 13010152. OCLC 1668306. Nichols, Philip (1917). The Law of Eminent Domain; A Treatise on the Principles which Affect the Taking of Property for the Public Use. Vol. I. Albany, New York: Matthew Bender & Company.