‘You can’t fight city hall’: VFW loses eminent domain battle

Published: June 22, 2010
Tags: Berliner, condemnation, Drakos, eminent domain, Institute for Justice, Jeff Fleming, lease, Maharishi Vedic University, Michael Berger, Milwaukee, Supreme Court, Towne Metropolitan, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2874, VFW
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By Sean Ryan A Milwaukee VFW post lost $300,000 and a chance to tilt national eminent domain law toward property owners after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to accept a case. The lawsuit was over the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s 2001 acquisition of a building in which the Veterans of Foreign Wars [...]

Eminent domain case centers on project timing

By Paul Snyder Attorneys for a Madison bar say the University of Wisconsin System should not be allowed to bully a smaller neighbor into surrendering to the threat of the use of eminent domain. “The big issue here is: Does the UW System have the right to wave their wand and say, ‘Yep, some day [...]

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By Paul Snyder The UW System’s use of eminent domain to acquire a downtown Madison building is prompting a legislative call for more oversight of the process. But the bill that would create that oversight focuses only on the UW System and its use of eminent domain, or condemnation. “I think our real question is [...]