Category: Eminent Domain

It’s an obvious thing to say, but here it is: when you purchase or inherit real estate, the property is then yours; no one can simply take it from you. But “simply” is the key word here. Eminent domain is a reality, and governments can use this power to take property from private landowners if…

The growth of the domestic gas and oil drilling industry has brought economic benefits to many mineral-rights owners who agree to leases that allow the companies to drill on the owners’ land. However, not everyone has been so keen to sign on, and that’s left the oil and gas companies searching for a way to…