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A couple may lose their dream home to eminent domain because they use an ATV to reach their rustic cabin. The Summit County, Colorado, commissioners voted to seize 10 acres of land Ceil and Andy Barrie own to use as ...

A village government on Long Island is using damage caused by Hurricane Sandy as a pretext for a flagrant assault on private property rights. The Whitney family is alleging that the Village of Saltaire, New York, has prevented them from ...

A Texas woman is fighting to stop a giant corporation from using eminent domain to seize a portion of her family farm for right of way for the massive Keystone XL pipeline. Like many rural residents, Julia Trigg Crawford is ...

The biggest seizure of private property by eminent domain in decades in the United States has started in California. The state is planning to take hundreds of properties — most of them in rural areas and small towns — to ...

The city of Philadelphia has used eminent domain to take a famous artist’s privately owned studio to build a supermarket that might end up sitting empty. The latest abuse of eminent domain for urban renewal in the city of Brotherly ...

Las Vegas government officials may be expanding their leadership roles to include the real estate business. The city of North Las Vegas is among several cities who are debating the idea of using eminent domain to seize foreclosed homes – ...

A small church in Florida spent more than $50,000 to buy a piece of land it didn’t need because of an eminent domain threat from the state. The congregation at the Glorious Bethlehem Temple in Jacksonville bought the land because ...

In the most bizarre eminent domain case in years, the Seattle City Council has decided to seize a 103-year old woman’s parking lot so the city can use the site for its own parking lot. “The city of Seattle is ...

Government on all levels is finding frightening new uses for the power of eminent domain, which is the legal right of governments to seize property for public purposes. In recent years, many governments have changed their definition of eminent domain ...

Part of an Ohio family’s property is being seized so a local government can build a bicycle path. Authorities in Washington Township, Ohio, used eminent domain to seize a swath of land that runs through a farm owned by Jennie ...