[Ost-news] "Poor leadership nudged push for eminent domain" [Keystone Pipeline]

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Poor leadership nudged push for eminent domain (S Dakota)  
Apr 20, 2008  
Eminent domain is now front and center in the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline project.

Eminent domain, according to library.findlaw.com, is sometimes called "condemnation," and is the legal process by which a public body (and certain private bodies, such as utility companies, railroads, redevelopment corporations and -- in this case -- a pipeline company) is given the legal power to acquire private property for a use that has been declared to be public by a constitution, statute or ordinance.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotpoor-leadership-nudged-push-eminent-domainquot-keystone-pipeline

URL: http://oilsandstruth.org/quotpoor-leadership-nudged-push-eminent-domainquot-keystone-pipeline