Class Action - Indiana property owners sought compensatory and punitive damages from AT&T for trespass, unjust enrichment and slander of title, inverse comdemnation, and statutory treble damage for using abandoned railroad right-of-way

Eminent Domian - Condemnation - Teco desired to build a natural gas pipeline between New Braunfels and Dewville. The pipeline would connect the Valero-Teco and Mid-Texas Pipelines, so that gas could be transported to Katy from West Texas and New Mexico fields. Teco negotiated with the Andersons to purchase an easement across their land in Guadalupe County to complete the pipeline. When the p

Condemnation - eminent domain - Defendants operated a recycling center of property leased by them with an option to purchase at the end of the lease. The California Department of Transportation notified them that it was going to condemn the property. The Johnsons were unable to find a suitable relocation site for their business.

The Johnsons claimed that they were put out of business and the

Cenex Pipeline LLC owns an eight-inch pipeline that transports fuel between Laurel and Glendive. The pipeline was built over forty years ago and is currently in need of repair. Cenex wants to replace a 76-mile portion of the pipeline between Billings and Hysham, and in the process, shift the location of the pipeline from its current placement in the Yellowstone River Valley onto drier and less

Condemnation - Commissioners' award was $50,000.00. The State offered to settle for $27,000.00.

Condemnation - eminent domain. Defendants owned 640 acres of land located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston. The northern half of this property was subsequently developed. In 1993, the Kolbs submitted an application for a subdivision plat to the City of Houston, requesting to subdivide the remaining 314 acres. The property was in the vacinity of the Grand Parkway. The appli

Condemnation - eminent domain - taking of sewer easement over a portion of defendants' property. Pima County sued in 1994 to condemn a twenty-foot wide strip along the eastern side of defendants' property adjacent to the I-19 right-of-way for a sewer easement. The easement area is approximately one-eighth of the Gonzalezes' parcel. Defendants contended that vegetation removed from their propert

Land Condemnation – The Department of Transportation sought to condemn a track of land owned the by the defendants. The DOT intended to use the land for a connector road.

Eminent Domain – Plaintiff filed a condemnation action for the purpose of making the 51 acres belonging to defendant into a municipal solid waste landfill. Defendant intended to use the property as a private sanitary landfill.

Condemnation (eminent domain) action to acquire .33 acre tract that was part of a 21 acre parcel. Zone leased the property in which it operated a nighclub at 187 Walton Street in Atlanta. A special master awarded Zone $150,000 for its leasehold on May 30, 1995. Zone appealed from the award to the superior court for a jury trial on the issue of just compensation.

Condemnation (eminent domain) proceeding by the State of Florida to acquire four parcels of land for right-of-way for the construction of the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart. The parcels included the Doss Pier. DOT initially offered Skidmore $285,500 for the parcels at issue. In February, 1993, DOT issued its Order of Taking irrespective of the filled lands and deposited $883,950, it good faith estim

Condemnation (eminent domain) of an irregularly shaped improved property located at Apache and Cincinnati which was taken for construction of an on ramp for the Tisdale Expressway project. Commissioners' award was $235,000 and the City offered to settle for $150,000.00. Dendants experts testified that the property was worth $400,000 and the City's high testimony was $89,000.00.

Condemnation (eminent domain) of a fourplex apartment located near 25th East Avenue and South 5th Place in Tulsa (T.U. campus area). The Commissioners awarded the property owner $93,000.00. The Development Authority's testimony was $55,000 and the property owner's testimony was $145,000.00.

Condemnation - highway right-of-way - partial taking of defendants' property consisting of .163 acres. This case involved the appropriation of a strip of land along the length of defendants' property that result from the widening of State Route 2 in Jerusalem Township. Defendants owned approximately twenty acres of property had that three signs on it that were being used for advertising by outsi

Condemnation case - Defendant owned 52.38 acres of undeveloped land in the Town of Duanesberg in Schenectady County. His parcel was roughly bisected by State Route 7, with 24.663 acres to its north and 27.719 acres to the south. In August 1988, for purposes of constructing a railroad overpass bridge, the State appropriated in fee 2.16 acres: 1.703 acres along the south side of Route 7 and 0.461

This is a condemnation case. Defendants owned and operated a 46 acre open pit gravel mine which the new Highway 55 bisected and took 5.75 acres. The State initially offered $135,000 and just prior to the trial increased the offer to $565,000. The State urged that the property was not special purpose and therefore, the impact to the ongoing operations should not be considered; the Defendants cont

During a condemnation proceeding involving a large tract of land the defendants attorney injected his personal opinion to the jury, and suggested that the jurors would ultimately pay for the verdict a taxpayers. Plantiff moved for a mistrial on the basis that it improperly suggested that the jurors would pay inflated amount in their role on the mistrial.

Condemnation of 1.17 acres of perpetual flowage easement. Commissioners' award was $6,000.

In this condemnation case, the Department of Transportation originally sued the Stahls and Dowding as fee owners on September 21, 1995, but failed to sue Idaho Sand and Gravel Co, Inc., the lessee under a mining lease for an ongoing gravel mine. The case was originally scheduled to be tried on April 21, 1998. Three days prior to trial, Idaho Sand and Gravel Company filed a motion to intervene ur

Condemnation - Eminent Domain - City of Kentwood condemned property of defendants for city street widening project.

Condemnation/Breach of Contract - In August 1989, the Rinkes bought 30 acres of land in Canby. The city had a lease with the prior owner of the land to use a portion. After the Rinkes bought the property the lease was terminated. On August 16, 1990, the city filed a complaint seeking to condemn the property "for use as a storm-water collection and treatment site". In response, the Rinkes filed

Condemnation - Defendant owns property abutting a highway. Defendant had operated a restaurant on the property since 1985. In November 1988, the state notified the defendant that a portion of her property would be condemned so that the highway could be widened from two to four lanes. In addition, the state took a permanent eight-foot wide easement that ran the length of the property, to be used

Condemnation - Plaintiff, State of Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, filed a petition for expropriation of land owned by the Defendant. Plaintiff had deposited $102,233.00 with the court as compensation for the land and damages. The Defendant contested the valuation of the land and the assessment of damages. After a long procedural history, this action ensued.

Inverse Condemnation, loss of lateral support, property damage. Plaintiff alleged that Counties road design caused earth movement at their property which resulted in damages.

Condemnation (eminent domain) - Condemnation of a 6.81 acre waterline easement parallel to a GRDA powerline easement across a 44 acre rural home site. Commissioners' award of $15,000 on an offer to purchase by the City of $15,000. The City ultimately offered the property owner $35,000 for the easement which was countered at $140,000.