Written by Robert Kuhn and Alan Ackerman Condemning agencies contemplating the use of eminent domain at times hire third-party acquisition agents to purchase properties ahead of an incoming infrastructure…
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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…
In an April blog, I wrote that The Practical Real Estate Lawyer was publishing my article, The Pitfalls of Objectively Measured Just Compensation: When Market Value Isn’t Enough, in its September 2024 issue. …
As referenced in an earlier blog, Alan and Mathew co-authored an article in The Practical Real Estate Lawyer‘s May 2024 issue. The article is titled “Valuation of Partial Takings.” In…
Last summer, I wrote a blog about why just compensation—which is based on the ‘objective’ standard of what a property would sell for on the open market—shortchanges residential property owners…
* The following blog is an adaptation of the presentation Alan Ackerman and Matthew Ackerman gave on “The Fundamentals of Easement Valuation” at the American Law Institute’s Eminent Domain &…
One of the most common types of cases we handle is utility takings for transmission lines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the transportation of wind and…
It was an honor to appear on today’s episode of “The Eminent Domain Podcast.” In the episode, the show’s host Clint Schumacher and I discussed my blog, “When Market Value…
In my last blog, I wrote about the shortcomings of compensating displaced property owners based on the ‘objective’ standard of the market value of their property. That standard ignores the…