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Eminent Domain Litigation

Open cases

• The Texas Constitution bars eminent domain for nonpublic uses

  Freeport Economic Development Corporation v. Western Shellfish

• As an incentive to protect landowners’ rights, attorneys should be properly compensated by government, when they successfully defend landowners against abusive condemnation actions

  Orlando/Orange County Expressway Authority v. Tuscan Ridge, LLC (Joseph B. Doerr Trust & Ministry Systems, Inc./Parcel 406)

• Attorneys fees in eminent domain cases should reflect the benefits achieved for the property owner

  Southwest Florida Water Management District v. Crabtree

Closed cases

• Family-owned business hit with eminent domain without due process

  Azusa RDA v. Fowler

• Transfer of title does not absolve dovernment of Fifth Amendment liability

  Ridgewater Associates, LLC v. Dublin San Ramon Services District

• The Supreme Court should review whether eminent domain for (private) Columbia University’s expansion serves a genuine “public” use

  Tuck-It-Away, Inc. v. New York State Urban Development Corp.