Marrs Ellis & Hodge

09/14/2017

If you attended a public Q&A town-hall meeting or watched one of the videos online, then it would be helpful if you could complete this survey.

Your answers to the following questions will help Johns Marrs Ellis & Hodge LLP collect information relevant to potential legal claims that the firm's clients may have against government agencies for intentionally causing flooding by releasing water from reservoirs during and after Hurricane Harvey....

09/14/2017

Here is a Q and A town-hall meeting with Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs and the Fleetwood homeowners concerning possible inverse condemnation against the government resulting from the Addicks and Barker dam releases.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1690641524280887&id=100000051667131

08/07/2015

College Station, Texas – Property Owner and Land Owner Rights Conference

http://texascondemnation.com/2015/08/07/college-station-texas-property-owner-and-landowner-rights-conference/

College Station has been a hub for growth in recent years, and this growth has triggered the development of several large-scale infrastructure projects that will require the use of eminent-domain t...

07/31/2015

It Will Take More Than $75 Million to Build High-Speed Rail without Power of Eminent Domain

http://texascondemnation.com/2015/07/31/it-will-take-more-than-75-million-to-build-high-speed-rail-without-power-of-eminent-domain

Despite its recent funds, the company behind the contentious high-speed passenger rail line between Houston and Dallas may not succeed without the use of eminent domain – a power reserved for takin...

07/17/2015

In its most recent round of decisions, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of our favorite raisin farmers in Horne v. USDA and determined that the raisin reserve requirement mandated by the California Raisin Marketing Order did indeed constitute a taking under the Fifth Amendment (read our previous blog on Horne v. USDA here). This ruling is a welcome move in the right direction to better protect individual property rights. [ 434 more words. ]

http://texascondemnation.com/2015/07/17/supreme-court-rules-california-raisin-reserve-requirement-is-a-taking

In its most recent round of decisions, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of our favorite raisin farmers in Horne v. USDA and determined that the raisin reserve requirement mandated by the California...

06/19/2015

The Eminent Domain Reforms that Could Have Been

http://texascondemnation.com/2015/06/19/the-eminent-domain-reforms-that-could-have-been

As Texas’ 84th Legislative Regular Session closed on June 1, several bills pertinent to eminent domain reform were sent to the political junkyard where other legislative “almosts” and “could-have-b...

05/22/2015

The United States Supreme Court, in midst of considering cases on same-sex marriage and the death penalty, recently heard oral arguments in a matter that the Wall Street Journal has called the “Incredible Raisin Heist.” Horne v. USDA centers on a federal program designed to stabilize the market price of raisins by requiring some raisins to stay off the market. Marvin and Laura Horne, two raisin farmers in Fresno, California, claim that this constitutes a federal taking of property and, thus, triggers the “just compensation” requirement under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. [ 1271 more words. ]

http://texascondemnation.com/2015/05/22/raisin-gate

The United States Supreme Court, in midst of considering cases on same-sex marriage and the death penalty, recently heard oral arguments in a matter that the Wall Street Journal has called the “Inc...