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…
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Alan and Matthew recently co-authored an article in the September 2022 issue of ALI CLE‘s The Practical Real Estate Lawyer. In the article, they describe the historical context of the…
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 Tuesday, the Michigan Supreme Court published a per curiam opinion in an eminent domain case. At issue was whether a condemning agency may appeal as of right a trial…
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…
(I know this is an eminent domain blog, but I thought I would write about something a little different for my first post. For what it’s worth, at least my...
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This is a repost of a Legal News article on Matthew Ackerman joining the firm: Attorney Matthew Ackerman (right) is pictured with U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Michael H. Park,…
The retention of an expert requires certain basic tenets, and if any are broken it is likely that the viability of a condemnation just compensation claim will be destroyed. Condemnation…
Alan Ackerman was recently quoted in a DBusiness article on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project. Here is an excerpt: Alan Ackerman, a partner in the law firm Ackerman and…
“The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to take up a challenge to an Indiana law that allows the public to walk along lakeshores on the strip of beach between the…
The Relevance and Admissibility of Rezoning and Comparable Sales Occurring After the Date of Taking, When Determining the Value of Condemned Property by Alan T. Ackerman, and Darius W. Dynkowski…
FEDERAL EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURES By Alan T. Ackerman Darius W.Dynkowski Ackerman Ackerman Complete & Dynkowski In federal condemnation actions, federal substantive and procedural laws, as opposed to state laws, are…
INTRODUCTION On September 28, 2004, the United States Supreme Court granted a property owner’s application for leave from a Connecticut Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the community’s taking…
