With the result in Jackson, eminent domain cannot be used to prevent a holdout problem unless the land is blighted or there is an additional purpose aside from economic development for seizure.

It also was in August that the city became embroiled in lawsuits against some of the biggest banks over eminent domain. And they, too, voiced concern in their court filings that the city has taken big strides toward the use of eminent domain.

The long dormant quasi-public agency, which has eminent domain authority, has been rejuvenated with $500,000 to develop a formal urban renewal plan, the required legal precursor to any eminent domain takings.

Some will not be happy with enabling a private company taking land through eminent domain, Darby said, and people have legitimate concerns about respecting private land.

the power to exercise eminent domain inside a state's borders.

Author of the New Hampshire chapter of the new 600-page book, "The Law of Eminent Domain: Fifty State Survey, 2011/2012," he is now with Orr & Reno in Concord where he specializes in real estate development and finance, title insurance, eminent domain, zoning and land use and tax issues.

Miceli's The Economic Theory of Eminent Domain is one of the best and most thorough analyses of the economics of takings to date.

The bill would prohibit federal, state and local governments that receive federal economic development funds from using eminent domain to acquire land for economic development purposes.

Eminent domain is the right of the government to take private property for the public good.

Our goal for the Symposium was to address the state of the law of eminent domain use in New York and to take a fresh look at the ways in which New York's system differs from those of other states.

The papers were first presented at an April 2007 symposium at Florida State University's Law School on the uses and abuses of eminent domain and regulatory takings.