Published: November 24, 2010
Tags: Gregory West, Hagopian, Hilton Hotel, Holiday Inn, Hugh Braun, Lamelas, Landmark Credit Union, Maharishi Vedic University, Marquette University, Towne Metropolitan, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2874, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Witkowiak
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By Marie Rohde The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2874 faces bankruptcy if the city of Milwaukee collects on a $609,000 judgment over condemnation of the group’s former headquarters. “We have $258,000 in a CD,” said Gregory West, the post’s quartermaster, referring to the maximum the post can afford to pay the city. The judgment [...]
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 [...]
Published: May 18, 2010
Tags: City of Milwaukee Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2874, eminent domain, Gideon Kanner Manatt, Hagopian, Maharishi Vedic University, Phelps & Phillips, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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By Sean Ryan National organizations that focus on eminent domain law are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a lawsuit over the vacant property at 27th Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee acquired the property in 2001 from Maharishi Vedic University Inc. by declaring the [...]