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Owners standing up for property rights in eminent domain cases

Use of eminent domain to seize privately owned land has the potential to affect thousands of Virginians every day.



Kelo decision has spurred changes in 42 states

It’s been almost three years since a U.S. Supreme Court decision made people realize their American dreams literally could be snatched right out from under them. 



Eminent domain could affect ‘about 90 percent of Virginians’

Edd Jennings, a Wythe County beef producer, looks at once-productive alfalfa fields on his farm that are no longer useable due to sinkholes a local utility company created when it installed a natural gas pipeline. He also worries about the possibility of that line leaking into the New River, which borders his property.



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