A federal court has invalidated Johnston's use of eminent domain to take a family's property, ruling the town acted ...

Property rights groups got a big boost at the polls as 10 states approved ballot measures that limit the use of eminent domain, making it harder for government to take private property and give it to ...

Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives passed a law curtailing the government's ability to take private property. Unfortunately, the bill seems more like a culture war posturing than a ...

When Henry Weinstein bought a commercial building at 752 Pacific St. in Brooklyn 1985 he never expected that 20 years later the government would want to take it away and give it to a developer.

For the first time in recent memory, New Britain is using eminent domain as part of an anti-blight campaign as well as a drive to improve Willow Street Park. A city attorney this week filed the ...

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