The Missouri Supreme Court blocked the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority from using eminent domain to expand its operations base on a 2006 Missouri law that prohibits governmental entities from using eminent domain "solely" for economic development purposes.
The port attempted to use eminent domain to acquire 30 acres of land ... Read More
Category: Eminent Domain & Condemnation News
The principals of Denlow & Henry are scheduled to speak at seminars in St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri. The seminars are geared to educate attorneys and other professionals about the strategies and procedures of Missouri Eminent Domain law. The programs are sponsored by the National Business Institute. The Springfield seminar ... Read More
Recently, Robert Denlow of the St. Louis Eminent Domain law firm, Denlow & Henry was interviewed by Lee Presser on the topic of eminent domain law. Watch the interviewHERE on YOUTUBE
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In a joint victory in favor of free speech AND against eminent domain abuses, a the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has back a St. Louis man's right to maintain a sign that objects to eminent domain abuses. Located in St. Louis on the side of a building, the ... Read More
U.S. Representative Russ Carnahan (D-MO) recently issued a press release calling out the City of Richmond Heights for its continued efforts to develop the Hadley Heights neighborhood:
"As Representative of the 3rd Congressional District in Missouri, I am disappointed that Richmond Heights is continuing its decade-long effort to destroy a historic ... Read More
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) saved thousands of homes around Lake of the Ozarks when it excluded them from a shoreline preservation project. The project initially included thousands of properties around the heavily developed Lake and recreation area. Controversy over the project and possible negative impacts on property values ... Read More
MoDOT Director Kevin Keith told state lawmakers that rapidly increasing amounts of traffic on I-70 could turn the interstate into a "graveled parking lot" within 15 years if the highway is not widened and repaved to make it safer and ease congestion. Costs for the improvements range from $2 billion ... Read More
St. Louis County Associate Circuit judge Ellen Ribaudo entered Judgment awarding a family $2.1 million as damages for the taking of their property through eminent domain. The St. Louis County family had owned their 15 acres of land on the eastern edge of Chesterfield since it was purchased by the ... Read More
The City of Richmond Heights is challenging the Missouri statutes that created Heritage Value and Homestead Value in eminent domain cases. In 2006, the Missouri legislature reformed eminent domain laws in a reaction against abuses by developers that were given eminent domain powers. Heritage value is awarded in some cases ... Read More
Varnish Fine Art in San Francisco will be the location of an "Eminent Domain Awareness Show" on Friday June 5th, 2009.
According to its press release, a local agency, "is eliminating 33 small, local businesses, including Varnish Fine Art, and numerous residences in order to demolish all properties and later resell ... Read More