The Third Circuit recently held that state law is the standard for determining just compensation in Federal eminent domain cases. In Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC v. Permanent Easement, a pipeline company condemned property pursuant to a federal statute – the Natural Gas Act of 1938 (“NGA”) – and filed the case in federal court.
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Appellate Court Affirms Our York Verdict
By David Snyder on
Posted in Eminent Domain
I tried a case in York County, PA involving a condemnation of the former York County Prison. My clients purchased the property in the ‘80s and were waiting for the right time to develop the property when it was taken by the City of York RDA.
The RDA claimed it was worth about $65,000. We…