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US Supreme Court decides critical question for eminent-domain cases
The property is idyllic. It consists of two parcels in a cove on the St. Croix River along the Wisconsin-Minnesota border where the river widens and flattens to form Lake St. Croix.
Apparent authority doctrine determines jurisdiction dispute
The Court of Appeals applied the agency doctrine of apparent authority when deciding whether the property owners in an eminent domain case had obtained jurisdiction over the governmental entity that condemned their property.
Eminent-domain dispute centers on deadline to contest towns’ local highway projects
The clock is ticking ... both for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and for private citizens’ attempts to meet the statutory deadline for challenging changes that towns make to local highways.
Appeals court: Cross Plains resident must make separate claim in eminent domain dispute
A state court of appeals has ruled that the village of Cross Plains properly compensated a man for land it took for a construction project.
High court sides with WisDOT in eminent domain dispute
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that the state Department of Transportation does not need to compensate a property owner for restricting its only access to a highway because the agency provided an alternate means of access.
High court to decide whether WisDOT must compensate property owner
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide Thursday whether the state Department of Transportation must compensate a property owner for restricting access to a highway even though it created another point of access.
Court: State must pay property owner despite map mistake
Mistakes on a map do not give the state free rein to take private property without compensating the owner, a state court of appeals has ruled.
State’s high court rules against compensation for moved road (UPDATE)
Even though a state project eliminated a Kenosha shopping center’s connection to a city street and forced customers to use a private drive, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled, the owners are entitled to no compensation under the state’s eminent-domain law.
State’s high court won’t review Brown Deer road case
The state Supreme Court will not review a lawsuit over a Brown Deer road project and land acquisition.
Brown Deer road suit could reach Supreme Court
A lawsuit over a $2.3 million street and landscaping project in Brown Deer might reach the Wisconsin Supreme Court even though construction is almost finished.
Judge: Brown Deer can continue street renovation project
A judge’s ruling will let Brown Deer revive a multimillion-dollar street renovation project that had been tied up in a lawsuit with angry property owners for more than a year.
Judge rules Brown Deer can build sidewalks
Brown Deer took three steps Wednesday toward prevailing in a land dispute with a group of property owners but still faces one stumbling block: the 8700 block of North Deerwood Drive.
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