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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
 
Spring Township barn razed, but legal battle might continue
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Mar 31, 2009
...Spring Township had acquired the Gerber barn by eminent domain in 2005, stating that it was a sight obstruction for drivers on Chapel Hill Road...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, March 30, 2009
 
What's going on here in the Poconos?
The Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - Mar 30, 2009
Demolition is under way of homes purchased by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation under eminent domain for Phase II widening of Route 2001 (Milford Road), extending from Bushkill Falls Road to Little Egypt Road in Lehman Township...

Downturn delays redevelopment of Fleetwood tannery site
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Mar 29, 2009
...The other component calls for taking two commercial properties along Main Street to construct a walkway to the development. Buildings occupied by Fleetwood Pizza and Dragon 21, a Chinese restaurant, would be acquired by eminent domain, but that effort is on hold until MCM begins construction, Miller said...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
 
Bonus bill passes House, but will it pass muster?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Mar 24, 2009
...The Takings Clause, found in the Fifth Amendment, which deals with due process. The clause limits the taking of private property for public use (known as eminent domain) unless "just compensation" is paid...

Homeowners' choice: Pipeline or federal court
The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Mar 24, 2009
...the gas company had filed papers in Philadelphia federal court to gain forced access to his property under eminent domain. He said he'd been warned that, if he held out, an arbitrator might award him as little as $8,000 and still grant the easement the company was after...

Judge clears sale of old hotel
WFMZ-TV 69News, Allentown, PA - Mar 23, 2009
...The city has been fighting with him over that property and others for years. In the past, the city has used eminent domain to seize the Colonial Theater and Sal's Spaghetti House...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, March 23, 2009
 
PPL gets earful at Saw Creek public hearing
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA - Mar 21, 2009
..."If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Congress get its way, there may be many more projects like this, but probably fewer hearings as a result of their increased authority and powers of eminent domain...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, March 17, 2009
 
Coalition sets April 1 deadline on Bushong Dam in Reading
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Mar 17, 2009
...City officials were surprised in May when the state Department of Environmental Protection said the city acquired the dam when it took the Bushong's Mill land by eminent domain in 1978...

Chester Co. eminent domain fight
WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, PA - Mar 16, 2009
...36 property owners in this part of Chester County are affected by this whole thing but so far only about half have given their consent. The rest will likely soon receive eminent domain notices since construction will begin May 15th...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, March 16, 2009
 
Doctors respond to Internet ratings by patients
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Mar 15, 2009
...North Carolina-based Medical Justice, which was launched 10 years ago to fight frivolous malpractice suits, has begun encouraging doctors to require patients to sign a "mutual privacy agreement" before treatment...

Editorial: At crossroads, hopefully city takes the right path
The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Mar 14, 2009
...Eminent domain laws should be aggressively applied for the sake of those who live in those neighborhoods. Private-property rights form one of the vital foundations of our republic. However, those rights include a share of the responsibility for the safety of the community...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, March 12, 2009
 
Developer sues over Brownsville property
The Valley Independent, Monessen, PA - Mar 11, 2009
...The Liggetts contend the defendants' actions are aimed at acquiring their property, either through the courts or eminent domain. In a separate legal action filed in September, the redevelopment authority has indicated its intent to acquire several of the Liggetts' properties through eminent domain for its own proposed redevelopment project...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, March 09, 2009
 
Still working on the railroad
Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA - Mar 7, 2009
...Work on acquiring the property rights-of-way via eminent domain started in early 2007, when the city hired Interstate Acquisition Services. Since then, IAS representatives have been contacting property owners and negotiating the acquisition of their buildings...

Will new power lines run through your back yard?
CQ Politics, Washington, DC - Mar 7, 2009
...Other potential Senate opponents may include Democrats Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Robert Menendez of New Jersey, whose states have battled recent federal efforts to use government authority to site high-voltage power lines...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Thursday, March 05, 2009
 
HIA plan to buy properties advances
Press and Journal, Middletown, PA - Mar 4, 2009
...The program is offered to property owners on a strictly voluntary basis, no one is required to participate in the program. There will be no use of eminent domain. Only occupants of the properties that are acquired by SARAA will be eligible for relocation benefits...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, March 04, 2009
 
422 job awaits eminent domain
Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA - Mar 3, 2009
...Eminent domain is a last resort if negotiations fail. Under state law, the money offered to the property owner is placed in escrow, and the property owner may appeal the amount offered. The owner still may lose the property but may be granted a larger sum for its taking...


Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, March 03, 2009
 
City may use stimulus funds to rehab homes
Lancaster New Era, PA - Mar 2, 2009
...It would use all or part of the CDBG money to hire construction companies to renovate houses that are taken through eminent domain. Those houses would be resold to owners who agreed to occupy them...


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