One person’s protest mural is one city’s illegal sign.

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Missouri Municipal League, et al. v. Carnahan, et al. (MLW No. 60056/Case No. WD71224 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Where opponents of ballot initiatives to amend Missouri’s eminent domain provisions challenged fiscal notes and ...

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With a decision in hand that could allow him to begin gathering signatures for a proposed ballot item, anti-eminent-domain activist Ron Calzone is now going after the groups he says have used the courts against him. Calzone, of Missouri Citizens ...

Tagged with: ballot language eminent domain Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Richard Callahan Robin Carnahan

Missouri Municipal League, et al. v. Carnahan, et al. (Case No. WD71224 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Where opponents of ballot initiatives to amend Missouri’s eminent domain provisions challenged fiscal notes and summaries statements ...

Tagged with: ballot initiative election eminent domain Missouri Municipal League Robin Carnahan secretary of state

Missouri courts have once again rewritten a proposed ballot item that would alter Missouri’s constitutional provisions for eminent domain. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said this morning that most of the ballot summary and fiscal explanation, written by ...

Tagged with: ballot eminent domain Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Robin Carnahan

An eminent domain activist today urged an appeals court to let his proposed ballot item go forward, even if the language isn’t perfect. Ron Calzone, of Missouri Citizens for Property Rights, said he must begin gathering signatures no later than ...

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A family that thought city officials shortchanged it in taking property for development and took the case all the way to the Supreme Court has reached a nearly $2 million settlement. The C.F. White Family Partnership and the Lupton Living ...

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A family that claimed city officials shortchanged them in taking their property for development – and took the case all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court – has reached a nearly $2 million settlement. The C.F. White Family Partnership ...

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Critics of a developer’s plans to revamp a large swath of north St. Louis are due back in court this afternoon. Attorney D.B. Amon filed suit earlier this month against the St. Louis Tax Increment Financing Commission. Amon is trying ...

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A judge today rejected a lawyer’s attempt to halt progress on the NorthSide redevelopment project in St. Louis. Attorney D.B. Amon filed suit seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen from considering the ...

Tagged with: D.B. Amon eminent domain McEagle Properties Paul McKee temporary restraining order TIF

Author Jeff Benedict spent three years with Suzette Kelo learning about her "little pink house" and her fight to save her own home. Her battle led to one of the most talked about and controversial U.S. Supreme Court decisions about government's ability to use eminent domain. Benedict spoke Wednesday at a luncheon hosted by the Missouri Federal Institute and the Federalist Society, telling Kelo's story and what brought her to the Supreme Court.

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