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Eminent Domain

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  1. inversecondemnation.com

    New Cert Petition (Ours): Can Preliminary Injunctions Convey Eminent Domain Powers When There’s Been No Delegation Of Eminent Domain?

    By Robert H. Thomas

    Here's the cert petition we just filed asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit decision (which we posted about in "CA4 Puts The Cart Before The Horse:…

  2. Real Estate, Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

    FGT Phase IX Pipeline: What to Do When an Easement Agent Contacts You

    By Jimerson Birr

    If a right-of-way agent has contacted you about the FGT Phase IX pipeline, do not sign anything, grant survey access, or agree to a price until you have the offer…

  3. Real Estate, Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

    Will FDOT’s Taking Leave Your Business Out of Code? Cost to Cure Before You Accept the Offer

    By Jimerson Birr

    When FDOT takes a strip of your property for a road project, the offer on your desk may not say whether the rest of your site still meets local code.…

  4. California Eminent Domain Report

    Don’t Let Right of Way Acquisition Become the Critical Path

    By Bradford Kuhn

    Major infrastructure projects have complicated schedules. Design, environmental review, funding, permitting, utilities and construction all must line up. But one item tends to always get squeezed at the end of…

  5. Real Estate, Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

    Melbourne Eminent Domain Attorney: What Brevard County Owners Should Do When FDOT Calls

    By Jimerson Birr

    If FDOT has contacted you about part of your property in Melbourne or anywhere in Brevard County, a Melbourne eminent domain attorney can review the offer, the appraisal, and the…

  6. California Eminent Domain Report

    Things That Go Bump in the Appraisal: A Halloween Guide to Site Inspections in Eminent Domain

    By Robin Thornton

    Things That Go Bump in the Appraisal: A Halloween Guide to Site Inspections in Eminent DomainThe things you don't find on a site inspection can come back to haunt you…

  7. Real Estate, Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

    Jacksonville Eminent Domain: FDOT Projects Buying Land in Duval County

    By Jimerson Birr

    FDOT projects in Duval County carry roughly $34.9 million for right-of-way work in the state’s fiscal year 2027 through 2031 program, and about $30.8 million of that is budgeted to…

  8. inversecondemnation.com

    Magna Carta Pilgrimage, Part Duo

    By Robert H. Thomas

    If you've ever wondered where the odd, backwards syntax of the Takings/Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment comes from, look no further than this highlighted provision in the original…

  9. Real Estate, Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

    FDOT Offer on Your Warehouse or Industrial Site? What the State’s Eminent Domain Appraisal Can Miss

    By Jimerson Birr

    If FDOT has sent a written offer for part of your warehouse, distribution center, or industrial site, you are entitled, on request, to a copy of the eminent domain appraisal…

  10. Real Estate, Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

    US 17 at William Burgess Boulevard: What Nassau County Owners Are Owed

    By Jimerson Birr

    The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is buying right-of-way for an intersection improvement where US 17 meets William Burgess Boulevard in Yulee. About $2.7 million in land purchase money is…