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Eminent Domain Transmission Lines

Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

ITC Moves Forward with Mid-Michigan Transmission Line Project

The Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (“METC”), an International Transmission Company subsidiary, has filed two applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity for the construction of major...more

Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

Transmission Lines and Eminent Domain: What Property Owners Need to Know

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 solar energy, this type of case is...more

Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

In cases involving partial takings of easements, just compensation must be based on the condemnor’s maximum possible use of the...

Our office routinely handles utility takings, which often involve partial takings of easements for transmission lines or pipelines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the transportation of wind...more

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Waterworks/Condemnation Proceedings: Arkansas Court of Appeals Addresses Applicable Statutory Authorities

The Arkansas Court of Appeals (“ACA”) addressed in a February 2nd Opinion an issue arising out of a municipality’s use of statutory condemnation authorities to construct a treated-water transmission line....more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio Supreme Court: Eminent domain just compensation trials for electric transmission line easements must wait while necessity of...

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In Ohio, utility companies generally have eminent authority where they are unable to negotiate voluntary easements with landowners. However, utilities do not have so-called “quick-take” authority and must wait to begin...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Mass. High Court Declines to Expand Prior Public Use Doctrine

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In its decision last week in Town of Sudbury vs. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) declined to expand the reach of the common-law prior public use doctrine. As the...more

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