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Eminent domain [a], also known as land acquisition, [b] compulsory purchase, [c] resumption, [d] resumption/compulsory acquisition, [e] or expropriation [f], is the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use.
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]
At a special meeting last Thursday, the Town Council authorized the use of eminent domain to seize a 31-acre site currently owned by developer Waterman Chenango LLC. The eminent domain resolution ...
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.
FILE - Sparta residents attend a Georgia Public Service Commission hearing on whether a railroad company can use eminent domain to condemn property in their community, in Atlanta, Aug. 6, 2024.
City commissioners voted unanimously Oct. 2 to approve the use of eminent domain, if needed, to obtain the Richardsons' 1.3-acre homestead at 613 and 623 Union Drive.
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 ...
Richmond is the first city to adopt such a plan using eminent domain, a law that typically allows government to seize land for public use -- such as when it wants to expand a road or allow for a ...