Eminent Domain Lawyer & Attorney : Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski : Michigan, Ohio, Illinois

Pantagraph, October 1, 2007

LeRoy attorney and political activist is recruiting clients to fight an eminent-domain request to build a crude-oil pipeline from Pontiac to Patoka in Southern Illinois.

Enbridge spokesperson has repeatedly said eminent domain is a last resort.

-It is good to see an activist fight the condemnation process. However, each landowner should protect their individual interest on the damage claims. The same attorney can do this, but each owner should look to the individual claim that they may present. Otherwise, they may find themselves in front of a group of special masters who have no understanding of the issues at hand and face the possibility of no just compensation.

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Pantagraph, August 20, 2007

A Canadian crude oil transporter requested eminent domain to construct a pipeline through McLean, Livingston and DeWitt counties.

-The pipeline going through Indiana is also going through Illinois. Property owners are challenging the taking at the Illinois Commerce Commission. It is unlikely that the local Commerce Commission would rule against a pipeline, especially in the present day context that the pipelines are federal activities and the challenge would therefore be made at the federal level. The pipeline company will aggressively take on the farmers, so the farmers and other owners challenging the estimate of just compensation is incorrect at a future date.

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