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N.J. Supreme court restricts eminent domain (The Record)The New Jersey State Supreme Court issued a blow Wednesday to the way municipalities use their power of eminent domain to acquire private land. In an unanimous ruling, the court said that for land to be taken against the owner's wishes it must be "blighted" and not merely "not fully productive."

Eminent domain foes win Paulsboro case in state Supreme Court (Asbury Park Press)The New Jersey Supreme Court handed opponents of eminent domain a victory today, ruling in a case involving Paulsboro that government may not seize land solely on the basis of its not being ''fully productive.'' Overturning lower court decions in the matter of Gallenthin Realty Development Inc. vs. the Borough of Paulsboro, the court concluded the Legislature did not intend for so broad an ...

Ohio Senate passes eminent domain bill (Port Clinton News Herald)COLUMBUS --The Ohio Senate voted in favor of two bills reforming eminent domain in Ohio, a high priority for numerous Ohio agricultural groups, including Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.

NJ court: Eminent domain requires blight (The Charlotte Observer)In a victory for private property rights, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that local governments can't seize land against the owner's wishes simply because the property is underused. The court ruled unanimously that only "blighted" areas are authorized under the state Constitution, and that the Legislature did not intend for eminent domain to be used when the sole basis is that the ...

Court: Eminent Domain Requires Blight (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The New Jersey State Supreme Court issued a blow Wednesday to the way municipalities use their power of eminent domain to acquire private land.

Eminent domain may be used to obtain land for school (The Morning Journal)ELYRIA -- The Elyria school board hopes to have purchase agreements by August for all the properties its needs to build a new high school -- or it will look to take the land by eminent domain.

OPINION: City Not Taking High Road on Eminent Domain (RedNova)By ? Scott Shackford, Desert Dispatch, Barstow, Calif. Jun. 13--The City of Barstow stands poised to declare the right to use eminent domain to take private property in order to assist private developers.