Landowners Lose Challenge to Pipeline Deals
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday rejected landowners’claims that the Dakota Access pipeline developer used unfair tactics to persuade them to sell property for the pipeline’s construction.
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Wisconsin Tribes Fight Tax on Reservation Land
Four Chippewa tribes in northern Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Scott Walker and other officials over the state’s attempts to collect property taxes on reservation lands acquired through an 1854 treaty.
Read moreOhio Historians Sue to Acquire Ancient Cultural Site
An Ohio historical group claims in court that a country club refuses to agree to an early end to its lease of a golf course covering an “enormous, geometric earthworks” built by Native Americans 2,000 years ago.
Read morePublic Interest of Pipeline Takes Focus in Damages Spat
The Third Circuit appeared critical Wednesday that a Kinder Morgan subsidiary should rely on federal law to pay less than fair-market value for land it seized via eminent domain to build an interstate pipeline.
Read morePipeline Developer Denied Eminent Domain by NY Court
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 moreChallenge to PennEast Pipeline Falters on Jurisdiction
PennEast’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 moreEighth Circuit Hears Fight Over Pipeline Land Deals
The 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 moreProperty-Tax Reform Plan Qualifies for 2020 California Ballot
In 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 moreNative Americans Challenge Operation of Oil Pipeline
Nearly 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 moreLandowners Celebrate Halt to Louisiana Pipeline Construction
In 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 moreHotel Heist
Two 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 moreFresh Dispute Over Historic New Mexico Land Grant
ALBUQUERQUE (CN) — Trustees of an historic New Mexico land grant have sued a Colorado nonprofit, trying to void the
Read moreUnveiling New Religion Policy, US Goes to Bat for Jewish Group
Announcing 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 moreWisconsin Justices OK Lakefront Short-Term Rental
Rejecting complaints from neighbors, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a family can rent out their waterfront property on Hayward Lake to vacationers.
Read moreWisconsin High Court Deadlock Shields Burial Sites
An 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 moreUS Argues in Tribal Land Dispute in 10th Circuit
The 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 moreWisconsinites Lose Land Case Involving Trump-Backed Plant
A 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 moreValuable Baseball History at Center of Auction House Lawsuit
The 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 moreWisconsin High Court Hears Tribal Burial Site Dispute
The 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.
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