There’s been an uptick in eminent domain in the headlines lately. From local officials planning to seize a New Jersey church for a playground to Pope Leo XIV‘s Illinois childhood home being eyed as a ...

Eminent domain lets government take private land for public use, requiring fair compensation. Courts often decide what qualifies as public use and fair value in eminent domain cases. Investing in real ...

Homes in Weehawken New Jersey have a spectacular view of the NY skyline. Residents of the Garden State have been inundated with stories lately of local government using eminent domain to seize ...

A New Jersey township’s plan to use eminent domain to seize a 175-year-old family farm has caught the Trump administration’s attention. It is an important case with critical implications about the ...

The Tennessee State Legislature delegated the power of eminent domain to the Metro Nashville Airport Authority with the passage of a 2023 law. While that law has been working its way through the ...

After years of inaction, Iowa lawmakers reached an agreement on a bill limiting the use of eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines. But, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced June 11 that she had ...

In a closely divided opinion, the Supreme Court interpreted Pennsylvania’s Eminent Domain Code to allow grouped valuation of separate properties when used together for a common purpose. The ruling ...

Most eminent domain cases are resolved quietly, with no media coverage, no public fights, no real question that the state or a utility company will, eventually, take the land. “All the research I’ve ...

The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that the Nashville mayor retains power to appoint the airport authority board, but upheld the authority's new eminent domain power. The Metro Nashville Airport ...

Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed construction of an $8.9 billion carbon-sequestration pipeline that would span 2,500 miles across South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and North Dakota to ...