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August 3, 2007
EMINENT DOMAINIA: USA
The Jersey Journal, Owner's suit to city: Buy my land
In an unusual twist, one Jersey City property owner pulls a Rodney Dangerfield ("Take my land, please!"):
Flipping the usual eminent domain script, a property owner in Jersey City is suing the city to buy his property.
According to a lawsuit filed in federal court by Edwin Siegel and his corporate entity, Edlin Limited - owners of 32.2 acres on the old PJP landfill site - the city has so devalued his property through zoning changes the municipality should be forced to buy it - but at pre-rezoned rates.
13WHAM.com, Eminent Domain Worries Follow City Offer at Port
Property owners in Rochester are staring down the barrel of a city redevelopment plan, leading to worries about the use of eminent domain.
The city envisions a mixed-use development on the site. The city hopes to start soliciting developers next year.
“They can't all of a sudden start throwing people out of their businesses, homes, saying, ‘We're going to put this in. We're going to put that in,’” said Suss.
If Suss won’t sell, the city could invoke eminent domain, a law that lets governments force property owners to sell if it’s in the public good.
Deputy Mayor Patricia Malgieri said eminent domain will be a last resort.
The Norman Transcript, Sutton Creek eminent domain action going to jury trial
A dispute over property valuation goes to a jury trial in Norman, OK.
Posted by lumi at August 3, 2007 7:14 AM