Comments on: The Legal Term “Public Use” in Relation to Long Distance Pipelines https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/03/10/the-legal-term-public-use-in-relation-to-long-distance-pipelines/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Charles Geisler https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/03/10/the-legal-term-public-use-in-relation-to-long-distance-pipelines/#comment-198776 Charles Geisler Sun, 12 Mar 2017 16:28:27 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=19533#comment-198776 This is more-than-excellent thinking and writing. The abuses of eminent domain are often subtle. Most stem from the bamboozling ‘public use’ requirement and, as you clarify so well, this then distorts ‘just compensation.’ Thank for for the insight. Collateral damage extends not only to short-changed landowners but to society as a whole, including businesses on the losing end of eminent domain (see H. N. Scheiber’s 1973 classic piece on this in the Journal of Economic History). Charles Geisler This is more-than-excellent thinking and writing.

The abuses of eminent domain are often subtle. Most stem from the bamboozling ‘public use’ requirement and, as you clarify so well, this then distorts ‘just compensation.’

Thank for for the insight. Collateral damage extends not only to short-changed landowners but to society as a whole, including businesses on the losing end of eminent domain (see H. N. Scheiber’s 1973 classic piece on this in the Journal of Economic History).

Charles Geisler

]]> By: joe perebzak https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2017/03/10/the-legal-term-public-use-in-relation-to-long-distance-pipelines/#comment-198662 joe perebzak Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:33:00 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=19533#comment-198662 You are so right Dave, The energy companies take advantage of rural areas knowing we are hurting for money. They flash money in our faces knowing we won't care how our decisions will affect our neighbors lives. The government is letting them have an open door to our property rights even if we don't want them on it. If you think about it, none of the energy CEO's live in drilling areas or have pipelines on them. I would bet that they would not let a pipeline run through their backyard where their kids were playing. You are so right Dave,

The energy companies take advantage of rural areas knowing we are hurting for money. They flash money in our faces knowing we won’t care how our decisions will affect our neighbors lives. The government is letting them have an open door to our property rights even if we don’t want them on it.

If you think about it, none of the energy CEO’s live in drilling areas or have pipelines on them. I would bet that they would not let a pipeline run through their backyard where their kids were playing.

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