Most property and business owners impacted by eminent domain are having their first experience – they have never before experienced the eminent domain process and probably will not experience it again. They may have business and real estate attorneys who are fantastic resources for most of their business and real estate problems, but lack eminent [...]
Eminent Domain Legal Blog
California Supreme Court Upholds Law Dissolving Redevelopment Agencies—Impact on Eminent Domain As A Tool To Eliminate Blight
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
On December 29, 2011, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos, the case which addressed the constitutionality of the laws passed by the Legislature preventing redevelopment agencies from engaging in new business and requiring them to wind up and dissolve. The Court upheld the Legislature’s action in dissolving redevelopment [...]
Assert Your Eminent Domain Rights
Monday, October 17th, 2011
By Joseph S. Dzida, The Law Firm of Callanan, Rogers & Dzizda, LLP Assert Your Eminent Domain Rights As an apartment owner, you have rights, even when the government uses eminent domain to acquire your building. Under the United States Constitutions, you have the right to payment of “just compensation” for the property taken. Under [...]
Relocation: A Pro-Active Approach
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
The novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, begins with its hero lying in front of a bulldozer trying to prevent his home from being taken and destroyed in eminent domain. Unfortunately, for most people impacted by eminent domain (including our hero), by the time the bulldozers get there, it is too late. If you [...]
Nonprofits and Eminent Domain
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Increasingly, property owned or leased by nonprofits is becoming a target of eminent domain. Governmental agencies seeking to acquire land for public use gravitate toward what they perceive to be the path of least resistance. They look for what they hope will be the weakest opponents, what they hope will be the cheapest property and [...]
