Tag Archives: eminent domain
Freeport’s East End Began in Segregation and Will End with Displacement
A federal lawsuit accuses Port Freeport of threatening residents of a minority community with eminent domain and coercing them into selling their property.
In 1930, Freeport’s white leaders established a “negro district” perched on the edge of what would eventually become one of the nation’s largest deepwat...Read More
Texas Nonprofit Hopes to Delay Trump’s Wall with Legal Fight
Lawyers from across the country are volunteering to help landowners fight federal condemnation cases.
The Texas Civil Rights Project announced Wednesday that a network of lawyers is ready to assist landowners who stand to lose their property to President Trump...Read More
Residentes de Texas Reciben Primeros Avisos de Expropiación de Tierra para el Muro de Trump
'Nosotros no queremos éste muro – prácticamente todo el pueblo está de acuerdo en esto,' afirma Yvette Salinas, hija de una de los propietarios del terreno.
“Nosotros no queremos éste muro – prácticamente todo el pueblo está de acuerdo en esto”, afirma Yvette Salinas, hija de una de los propietarios del ter...Read More
Texans Receive First Notices of Land Condemnation for Trump’s Border Wall
The government offered $2,900 for 1.2 acres near the Rio Grande. If Flores chooses not to accept the offer, the land could be seized through eminent domain.
The government offered $2,900 for 1.2 acres near the Rio Grande. If Flores chooses not to accept the offer, the land could be seized through eminent domain....Read More
Dozens Caught in Land Rights Fight Over Trans-Pecos Pipeline
Nearly four dozen landowners in the pristine path of the Trans Pecos pipeline are facing eminent domain lawsuits from the energy company behind the project....Read More
Crossing the Line
When the Keystone XL pipeline came through Lori Collins’ farm in Paris, Texas, she welcomed it—until her house flooded with sewage.
When the Keystone XL pipeline came through Lori Collins’ farm, she welcomed it—until her house flooded with sewage....Read More
House Bill Tackles Pipeline Companies’ Eminent Domain Powers
This common carrier status, which means the company is carrying competitors’ products as well as its own to serve the public good, grants companies the right ...Read More
The Keystone XL Battle Comes to East Texas
Landowners join environmental protesters to block the Canada-to-Texas pipeline.
IN A RURAL TOWN IN East Texas, a battle is being waged between a multinational energy corporation and an alliance of rural landowners and environmental activist...Read More