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Eminent Domain Reform In Missouri: A Legislative Memoir, Dale A. Whitman
Eminent Domain Reform In Missouri: A Legislative Memoir, Dale A. Whitman
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The Missouri General Assembly, like a number of other state legislatures, undertook to reform its statutes relating to eminent domain during the 2006 legislative session. This article is the story of that effort and an analysis of the result. I write from a personal perspective. I was fortunate to have been personally involved in many of the decisions that were made as the bill, House Bill 1944, made its was through the legislative process. This opportunity was, I think, fairly unusual for a law professor; in thirty-seven years of teaching property law, I had never previously been so closely engaged …
Survey Of Recent Developments In The North Carolina Law Of Eminent Domain, Dale A. Whitman
Survey Of Recent Developments In The North Carolina Law Of Eminent Domain, Dale A. Whitman
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The recent opinions of the North Carolina appellate courts include a strikingly large proportion of eminent-domain cases. Two factors combine to explain the unusual frequency with which these cares are tried and appealed. The first is the elaborate activity of the federal government in funding local and state projects involving the acquisition of land. The Interstate Highway program probably accounts for the predominant portion of this activity, with other shares attributable to urban renewal, public housing, and airport improvement. When the more traditional activities of local government, such as street-widening and other public improvements, are added to the above list …