Principles of Compensation for the Taking of Gasoline Petroleum Station Operations This article discusses the basic issues of valuation for gasoline stations involved in eminent domain proceedings by governmental agencies….
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One of the highlights of my legal career was representing property owners in County of Wayne v. Hathcock, a landmark Michigan Supreme Court case that overturned the controversial Poletown Neighborhood…
Thank you to Mitch Galloway for quoting us in his Farm News article, “ITC Transmission Line Plan Moves Forward in Eaton, Gratiot, Calhoun, Branch Counties.” As we wrote last week,…
The Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (“METC”), an International Transmission Company subsidiary, has filed two applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity for the construction of major transmission lines…
As Matthew wrote in his blog this morning, on Thursday, we are presenting with Steve Davis on “What does it mean when the Supreme Court says just compensation is ‘self-executing?’” …
Some Sound Advice If you receive a written notice of taking, or if you even hear a rumor that your property may be taken or condemned, remember these few basic…
Yesterday, the Detroit Free Press published an article on the creative claims the Ambassador Bridge owners are making in the cases in which several of their parcels of land have been condemned for the competing Gordie Howe International Bridge project. Alan Ackerman was quoted extensively in the article. Read more about it here.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/07/18/moroun-properties-bridge-canada-gordie-howe-international-bridge/7821846001/As reported on by the Detroit News, Ackerman & Ackerman’s client First Latin American Baptist Church celebrated its full reopening following its relocation for the Gordie Howe Bridge project. Alan…
On April 26, I attended MDOT’s public meeting on its Ford Road (M-153) project between Sheldon Road and I-275, including the Ford Road and Haggerty intersection. Attendance was not particularly…
If you have driven around Michigan in recent years, you probably noticed an increase in roundabouts. That is no accident. The Michigan Department of Transportation has been working on replacing…