The property owner/appellant raised a whole bunch of legal issues in City of Kansas City v. Powell, No. WD 76861 (Oct. 7, 2014), a case decided by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
The city slated Ms. Powell’s house for condemnation because it wanted to build a new police station and crime lab. …
Pennington v. Gwinnett County, No. A14A0999 (Oct. 9, 2014) was review of a grant of summary judgment, so the facts, viewed in light most favorable to the Penningtons, sure make it look like the county engaged in some sharp practices.
The Penningtons had an agreement with T-Mobile, which gave it the option to lease…
Under the Montana Constitution, a property owner who prevails in a condemnation matter is entitled to an award of “necessary expenses of litigation.”
In Wohl v City of Missoula, 2014 MT 310 11-25-2014, NO. DA 14-0161 (Nov. 25, 2014), the Montana Supreme Court concluded that property owners who ultimately prevailed after two appeals were …
In 118th Street Kenosha, LLC v. Wisconsin Dep’t of Transportation, No. 2012AP2784 (Dec. 10, 2014), a condemnation case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court considered these three issues:
(1) Is a temporary limited easement compensable under Wis. Stat. § 32.09(6g)?
(2) Assuming that a temporary limited easement is compensable under Wis. Stat. § 32.09(6g), did the circuit court appropriately…
We didn’t quite finish posting all of the 2014 cases in our “for the blog” folder before the ball dropped, so we’re going to use the next couple of days to clear that queue.
Short postings, little analysis. But we’ll start 2015 off clean, we will.
First up, Buck’s Inc. v. City of Omaha, …
