Looking for "worst case" Imminent Domain Example

[Caveman]

Thinking P&N experts might have a few they know about...

Looking for a case (doesn't have to be well known) that shows a complete injustice by carrying out Imminent Domain Policy... Can be Federal, State, or City govt...

Looking for atear-jerker type story where Mr. and Mrs Joe American worked all their lives for their homestead only to have it "purchased" for use by the govt... That sort of thing...

Can anyone help? Sources must be credible...

 

[abaez]

If you have visual aids be sure you spell eminent correctly.

 

[bamacre]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_texas_corridor

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: abaez
If you have visual aids be sure you spell eminent correctly.

Your web searches will work better, too...

 

[blackangst1]

Here's a good one that went to SCOTUS: Kelo v. City of New London

The Court held in a 5?4 decision that the general benefits a community enjoyed from economic growth qualified such redevelopment plans as a permissible "public use" under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Notice the bolded.

 

[JohnnyGage]

Here is a good one....

http://reason.tv/video/show/national-city

 

[Caveman]

Thanks folks...

Yeah... eminent, not imminent...

 

[waggy]

the flight 93 "memorial" is a huge one.

there was a sopposed to be a huge highway going up through i think colorado where they wanted to take a .4 mile wide stretch of property all the way.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: bamacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_texas_corridor

uh, no land has so far been taken for the 'trans texas corridor,' which is dead, politically. we need a highway that bypasses cities here. the northeast is full of them, but in texas the interstates go straight into the cities. perry's grand vision of a huge wide belt with freight rail, power lines, truck lanes, internet bandwidth, etc., crisscrossing texas was overreaching, but the highway is still needed.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: waggy
the flight 93 "memorial" is a huge one.

there was a sopposed to be a huge highway going up through i think colorado where they wanted to take a .4 mile wide stretch of property all the way.

THIS.


Lets support america and freedom by taking land from americans.

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: Caveman
Thanks folks...

Yeah... eminent, not imminent...

Well its a mute point.

 

[CrimsonWolf]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Caveman
Thanks folks...

Yeah... eminent, not imminent...

Well its a mute point.

Irregardless, the spelling is important.

 

[CrimsonWolf]

Like blackangst1 said, look into Kelo v. New London. Dig around with this and there will be a whole lot.

A personal favorite that I read about a while ago was a city wanting to seize land from a church (no taxes) and give it to Costco (+++ taxes). The "logic" was that the tax revenue from Costco was a public benefit, so they condemned the Church's land.

Press release from quick research. You can probably dig up more about this indecent. It was cited in arguments for Kelo v. New London.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: CrimsonWolf

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Caveman
Thanks folks...

Yeah... eminent, not imminent...

Well its a mute point.

Irregardless, the spelling is important.

Regardless, irregardless isn't a word.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: CrimsonWolf

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Caveman
Thanks folks...

Yeah... eminent, not imminent...

Well its a mute point.

Irregardless, the spelling is important.

Regardless, irregardless isn't a word.

and ffs it's moot, not mute

 

[Ldir]

Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: CrimsonWolf

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Caveman
Thanks folks...

Yeah... eminent, not imminent...

Well its a mute point.

Irregardless, the spelling is important.

Regardless, irregardless isn't a word.

and ffs it's moot, not mute

I think that was the point. It is called humor.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Originally posted by: Ldir

Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: CrimsonWolf

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Caveman
Thanks folks...

Yeah... eminent, not imminent...

Well its a mute point.

Irregardless, the spelling is important.

Regardless, irregardless isn't a word.

and ffs it's moot, not mute

I think that was the point. It is called humor.

fresh out, and don't see me going to the store any time soon.

 

[Ldir]

Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti

Originally posted by: Ldir
I think that was the point. It is called humor.

fresh out, and don't see me going to the store any time soon.

Then you came to the right place. P&N is a great place for humor. Information and insight, not really, but it has endless humor.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: CrimsonWolf
Like blackangst1 said, look into Kelo v. New London. Dig around with this and there will be a whole lot.

A personal favorite that I read about a while ago was a city wanting to seize land from a church (no taxes) and give it to Costco (+++ taxes). The "logic" was that the tax revenue from Costco was a public benefit, so they condemned the Church's land.

Press release from quick research. You can probably dig up more about this indecent. It was cited in arguments for Kelo v. New London.

damn. i didnt know that about costco. thats disgusting that they do such stuff.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Caveman
Thanks folks...

Yeah... eminent, not imminent...

Well its a mute point.

It's a moo point. You know, the cows.