Is expropriation in the exercise of the power of eminent domain limited only to the acquisition of private real property? How is just compensation computed and who has the power to determine it? These ...

When the government exercises its power of eminent domain to take private property for public use, the U.S. Constitution requires it to provide “just compensation” to the property owner. But what does ...

In an eminent domain proceeding, tenants of property subject to condemnation have constitutional rights to just compensation. However, those rights can be assigned to the landlord through a lease ...

Can the government take private real property without just compensation? The answer is a big no. Article III, Section 9 of the Constitution states that private property shall not be taken for public ...

Governors across the country have issued executive orders mandating the closure of businesses they deem non-essential in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Slowing the spread of COVID-19, in ...

My grandparents’ house was located along a national road. The property was transferred to my father after he got married. Unfortunately, sometime in the 1990s, a large portion of the property was ...

“Just compensation” is to be paid to a New Jersey landowner whose property is taken by condemnation. So says our Constitution. The theory and purpose of the just compensation guarantee is that the ...