Institute for Justice

Landmark Eminent Domain Ruling

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Land Report News Team

by Cary Estes Landowners no longer will be fenced in by state decisions when it comes to eminent domain cases thanks to a recent Supreme Court ruling. By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled in Knick v. Township of…

Supreme Court Sides With Landowners

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Land Report News Team

In Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, the high court finds it unconstitutional to use the permitting process as a tool of extortion. When Coy Koontz filed an application for a permit to develop 3.7 acres of a…