In a takings dispute as to the damage value to the remainder property, the trial court erred in excluding only the government’s appraiser, when the property owner’s expert’s opinion was admitted without a superior basis. Background In 2014, the Commissioner ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Eminent Domain Evidence Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Real Estate Real Property Supreme Court of Virginia

Farmers held to be working in concert with anonymous people in trees for the purpose of blocking construction of a pipeline, in violation of a prior order of the court, are in contempt of court and subject to fines. Background ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Eminent Domain Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Real Estate Real Property U.S. District Court - Western District

Coles, Red, and Minor Terry were held in contempt of court for interfering with the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s use of easements of which it had been granted immediate possession. Red and Minor were given approximately one day to come down ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Eminent Domain Environmental Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

This court’s order of Jan. 31 granting Mountain Valley Pipeline immediate possession to numerous easements in the construction pathway of a FERC-approved pipeline was conditioned on its first presenting sufficient additional evidence that satisfies the constitutional requirements of eminent domain. ...

Tagged with: Administrative Constitutional Eminent Domain Environmental Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Real Property U.S. District Court - Western District

The Supreme Court of Virginia is considering the effect of what one lawyer called a “bait-and-switch tactic” used by the state highway department in road condemnation cases. The court could decide whether a jury in an eminent domain trial can ...

Tagged with: Eminent Domain Hanover County Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris Supreme Court of Virginia News

Higgerson Buchanan is a multi-faceted construction company, established in 1946, and located in Chesapeake. It operates from a 207-acre intermodal facility located between Dominion Boulevard and the Elizabeth River. Higgerson uses its large acreage in several integrated ways. It operates ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Eminent Domain Million-Dollar Settlements

The City of Chesapeake originally sought to condemn an 8,147 square foot parcel of land in fee together with drainage, utility and temporary construction easements for the improvement of Dominion Boulevard. The land sought to be acquired by the city ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Eminent Domain Million-Dollar Settlements

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority condemned a 50,000 square foot parcel of land at the corner of Killam and 39th Street in Norfolk, originally offering the property owner $2,080,000 as just compensation for the property. The land acquired by the ...

Tagged with: Eminent Domain Judge Louis Allen Sherman Million-Dollar Verdicts Norfolk Circuit Court

Virginia voters yesterday approved a constitutional amendment that will limit the government’s ability to take private property through eminent domain. With 99 percent of all precincts voting, the State Board of Elections reported that the referendum passed with 75 percent ...

Tagged with: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Elections Eminent Domain

(AP)  Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to limit the government taking of private property are quick to champion the cause of Bob Wilson, a Norfolk military contractor who is intent on keeping his successful business address within a critical ...

Tagged with: Elections Eminent Domain General Assembly U.S. Supreme Court