On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | Jun 8, 2020 | eminent domain
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a multi-billion dollar natural gas pipeline that was planned for a 600-mile section of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia has been scrapped. The two companies that partnered on the project, Duke Energy and Dominion Energy of...
On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | Nov 4, 2019 | eminent domain
The proposed changes for eminent domain in Texas died on the house floor this past spring. With no change to the law, homeowners still retain the same rights as before. However, the eminent domain must be used in accordance with the law and not for any purpose the...
On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | Jul 3, 2019 | eminent domain
While you generally have the right to be safe in your own home and on your own property, there is one concept that could take that property right out from under you. Eminent domain is a legal right for the government or an approved entity to take your land for fair...
On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | May 1, 2019 | eminent domain
As a Texas landowner, you should feel fairly confident that neither local, state or federal government officials can take your land away from you. Generally speaking, the right to your own property without unreasonable government interference ranks alongside your...
On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | Feb 8, 2019 | eminent domain
Nobody in Texas likes the idea of giving up hard-won land, but that is exactly what could happen when the government attempts to claim eminent domain. This limited power could allow the federal government to take over personal property rights from land- and...
On behalf of Kelsey, Kelsey & Hickey, PLLC | Oct 31, 2018 | eminent domain
When the government decides that it wants to use your Texas property, it will invoke eminent domain to acquire it from you in exchange for what the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution calls “just compensation.” However, you might not agree with what the government...
