A New York appeals court threw pipeline plans into a tailspin Tuesday, refusing to let a developer acquire the privately owned land via eminent domain when the state has already held up environmental permits.
Read morePennEast’s plans for a 120-mile natural-gas pipeline have one fewer obstacle to clear after a federal judge nixed a challenge Monday by environmentalists.
Read moreThe Eight Circuit heard oral arguments Thursday over whether pipeline company Dakota Access pressured landowners into easement agreements and lied to them about how much money they could get for sections of their property.
Read moreIn two years, California voters will have the chance to approve wholesale changes to a landmark property tax code and squeeze billions in new taxes from state businesses.
Read moreNearly 50 members of three Native American tribes in North Dakota claim in a class action that Andeavor Logistics is unfairly profiting from a crude oil pipeline operating through tribal trust lands that it refuses to remove.
Read moreIn a win for landowners, Bayou Bridge Pipeline said it will stop construction of its crude oil pipeline through 38 acres of private property in Louisiana after an owner filed for an injunction to halt the project.
Read moreTwo months after accusing Sahara US of breaching a contract to sell it majority shares in The Plaza on Fifth Avenue and the The Dream Hotel Downtown, United Capital Real Estate Development Corp. wants a restraining order to keep Q Hotel New York from swooping in on the deal.
Read moreALBUQUERQUE (CN) — Trustees of an historic New Mexico land grant have sued a Colorado nonprofit, trying to void the
Read moreAnnouncing a new policy to protect religious groups from the biased application of municipal zoning and landmark laws, the Justice Department brought its first complaint under the initiative on behalf of a New Jersey congregation of Orthodox Jews.
Read moreRejecting complaints from neighbors, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a family can rent out their waterfront property on Hayward Lake to vacationers.
Read moreAn equally divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday automatically affirmed the denial of a concrete company’s bid to remove Native American burial mounds from its property to expand its quarry operations.
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Interior argued before the 10th Circuit Wednesday in support of its decision to secure 76 acres of land into a trust for the otherwise landless United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, contending that it did not need to consult another tribe to do so.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed a lawsuit related to a $10 billion electronics manufacturing factory touted by President Donald Trump over the objections of Wisconsin residents who said a development agreement between their city and Foxconn Technology Group unlawfully takes their property.
Read moreThe 92-year-old widow of a former baseball executive is suing an auction house over its refusal to return a valuable piece of baseball memorabilia unless it’s paid a “preposterous” commission, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Wednesday.
Read moreThe Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two related cases surrounding a concrete company’s effort to remove Native American burial grounds from its property to expand its quarry.
Read moreA federal judge ruled that descendants of Holocaust victims accusing France’s national railway of looting property from tens of thousands of Jews bound for concentration camps must bring their case before a French commission before suing in U.S. court.
Read moreJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was grilled by opposition lawmakers in parliament on Monday over a widening school land sale scandal linked to his wife, as his Cabinet’s approval ratings plunged to their lowest levels.
Read moreEurope’s highest court scolded Hungary on Tuesday for enforcing a law that says individuals must have a close family tie to a property owner if they plan to make use of said land.
Read moreA dispute involving private cemeteries is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, after the justices agreed Monday to decide whether a property owner must first exhaust all state court remedies before filing a federal lawsuit asserting an unconstitutional taking of land.
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