The Ohio and U.S. Constitutions require that the power of eminent domain can only be exercised when necessary for a public use.
In the 2005 case of Kelo v. City of New London, the U.S. Supreme Court took an expansive view...more
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Are you a litigator who practices in multiple courts across Ohio? If so, you may not know it, but your life got measurably less stressful on July 1, 2019, when changes to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, the Ohio Rules of...more
As a general rule, injuries that are shared in common with the general public are not compensable under Ohio eminent domain law. Ohio’s 4th District Court of Appeals recently ruled that the question of whether an injury is...more