Most property owners assume they should call an attorney only after receiving a formal condemnation notice. In reality, waiting that long can cost you. Knowing when to contact an eminent…
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Utility companies invariably have a sense that a proposed project will be approved by the MPSC before proceeding. The Petoskey pipeline is not getting off on the right foot. There…
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….
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…