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Venezuela president says constitution reforms will protect private property rights
July 23, 2007
[JURIST] Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Sunday reassured Venezuelans that any future socialist constitutional reforms will protect private property rights, dispelling what Chavez called "dogmatic" allegations by critics that the impending constitutional.... [more] 
New Jersey high court limits scope of eminent domain
June 13, 2007
[JURIST] The New Jersey Supreme Court [official website] Wednesday ruled [PDF text] that for the state to constitutionally take private property, it must show that the property is blighted. The high court's unanimous ruling eliminates the use of eminent domain [JURIST news archive] to take.... [more]
Connecticut legislature approves eminent domain restrictions in wake of Kelo battle
June 3, 2007
[JURIST] The Connecticut House of Representatives approved a bill [materials] Saturday night that prohibits the state from from taking property solely to boost property taxes. The measure, approved by the state Senate last week, reflects a compromise between the state and its homeowners after a.... [more]
Eminent domain restrictions approved in 9 states, rejected in 3
November 8, 2006
[JURIST] Voters in nine US states approved ballot initiatives restricting the use of eminent domain [JURIST news archive] in mid-term elections Tuesday, reacting strongly against the 2005 US Supreme Court Kelo v. New London [opinion text; JURIST report] d....... [more]
Property rights bill fails in US House
September 27, 2006
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to pass the Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2005 [HR 4772 text, PDF], a bill that its supporters said would provide easier access to federal courts to landowners seeking to challenge....... [more]
Ohio Supreme Court strikes down eminent domain for pure economic gain
July 26, 2006
[JURIST] The Ohio Supreme Court [official website] ruled 7-0 Wednesday that a Cincinnati suburb may not use eminent domain [JURIST news archive] to take private property on the sole basis of economic benefit to the community. Several residents of Norwood....... [more]
Bush order limits private property seizures by federal government
June 25, 2006
[JURIST] President Bush [official website] issued an executive order [text] Friday directing that US federal agencies and government departments may not seize private property unless the taking is for public use "and not merely for the purpose of advancin....... [more]
Kelo eminent domain plaintiffs reach deal with New London
June 24, 2006
[JURIST] Governor M. Jodi Rell [official profile] of Connecticut said Friday that a tentative agreement has been made between the city of New London and two homeowners who refused to leave their homes for a private development on their land and ultimately....... [more]
New London mayor proposes eminent domain compromise
February 8, 2006
[JURIST] Beth Sabilia, the mayor of New London, Connecticut, has proposed a compromise for a group of four homeowners involved in the eminent domain [JURIST news archive] case that went before the US Supreme Court last year. In Kelo v. New London [text],....... [more]
Pennsylvania court bars eminent domain taking for religious school
February 6, 2006
[JURIST] A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Monday that the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority [official website] violated the constitutional separation of church and state when it seized a woman's home to help Hope Partnership for Education [education....... [more]
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