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Ackerman & Ackerman
Website: ackerman-ackerman.com
Ackerman & Ackerman is a law firm specializing in eminent domain and property rights law. The firm publishes detailed analyses and commentary on federal and state condemnation procedures, just compensation issues, and the legal implications of property takings by government and utilities. Their content often addresses complex topics such as broker commissions in eminent domain cases, energy infrastructure and transmission line expansions, and the valuation of partial and total property takings. They also engage in educational efforts, including teaching law courses and highlighting scholarly work related to eminent domain. Their publications serve property owners, legal professionals, and stakeholders involved in condemnation and land use matters.
2,203 published works
National Eminent Domain Blog
Delay Creates Harm
The owner of the oldest hotel adjacent to Disney Land proposes building a new hotel at the site. Yet, the community may desire to acquire his property. Being left in…
National Eminent Domain Blog
East Harlem Property Owners Get Burned
While waiting 13 years to be acquired, property values have skyrocketed. At the same time, property owners were debilitated from doing anything with their properties while facing the pending eminent…
National Eminent Domain Blog
When Public Use And Economic Benefit Collide
Oshtemo Township, outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, will shortly be facing an issue that will be dealt with down the road in our judicial system. Can communities simply determine that they have…
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Will Owners Lose The Right To Be Paid For Underground Gas Storage Acquisitions?
A Texas trespassing claim has far reaching affects. The oil and gas industry maintains it can simply inject its waste product into underground caverns, with the waste going underneath adjacent…
National Eminent Domain Blog
Columbia Gas Files To Obtain Maryland Pipeline Easements
After a contested battle to obtain a FERC permit, Columbia Gas is now proceeding with the eminent domain process on dozens of Maryland properties. These properties in Baltimore and Hartford…
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Michigan Lake Erosion Case Continues
Adjacent waterfront owners have sought inverse condemnation relief because jetties are damaging their property creating additional natural erosion. The plaintiffs have been up and down in the Court of Federal…
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Will A Challenge To County Road AAA Succeed?
Michigan has a number of cases which maintain that if only one owner is benefitted by a new roadway, the roadway is effectively a private taking and therefore not allowed.…
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Institute For Justice Goes To Bat For Owners
In a very difficult situation, the Institute for Justice has determined that it is proper and appropriate to protect eight owners in Santa Ana, California. The battle is somewhat uphill…
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The Difficulty Of Changing Venue In Eminent Domain
The former Macy’s store in Sacramento is seeking a change of venue premised upon the potential for bias of the local jury. Realistically, it is rare indeed that juries are…
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Martins Beach May Learn It Has To Pay For What It Is Taking
In what would otherwise seem like a simple taking for public access to a secluded beach controlled by a wealthy adjacent landowner, a local legislator simply states, “let’s have it!”…