Campbell Soup Co. has asked Camden officials to acquire the city's historic Sears, Roebuck & Co. store through eminent domain so that it can be knocked down to make way for an office park the company is developing.http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/49074676.html

Property rights were probably the last thing on President Barack Obama's mind when he selected Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. But that hasn't stopped Sotomayor's nomination from reigniting the long-simmering national debate over the use and abuse of eminent domain.http://www.reason.com/news/show/134366.html

All the bells and whistles have been stripped from it — most notably “starchitect” Frank Gehry and his expressionist building and arena designs — but the cost of developer Bruce Ratner's controversial Atlantic Yards project has ballooned by nearly a billion dollars, state officials said today.http://www.nypost.com/seven/06232009/news/regionalnews/brooklyn/atlantic_yards_budget_balloons_by_nearly_175734.htm

Under a new agreement unveiled Monday, Ratner will pay just $20 million upfront – with the other $80 million spaced out over 21 years.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/06/23/2009-06-23_mta_lets_atlantic_yards_developer_go_on_the_installment_plan.html

Milwaukee may have an opportunity to shape the future of Wisconsin eminent domain cases. A case facing the Common Council involves a dispute between owners of a private parcel of land and the city, which wants the land to be developed.

http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/pi/48815492.html

The red brick arches on the facade of the New York Mets' new stadium rise stories above a pristine plaza of plants, bushes and walkways, encasing the baseball team's $850 million playground. Yards away, just across the street, sits the “Iron Triangle,” a decades-old eyesore made up of auto-repair shops and junkyards.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sports/ap/48687322.html

The village apologized to a property owner yesterday for improperly seizing his land a decade ago and officially signed an agreement that will pay him $475,002 and name a street after him.http://www.lohud.com/article/20090617/NEWS02/906170338/-1/newsfront

Victor Nunez says the Community Youth Athletic Center has helped at-risk youngsters in National City. During his 24 years in the District Attorney's office, Victor Nunez has fought many battles, but perhaps none which has brought out so much passion in him.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/16/1s16canepa224953-eminent-domain-punch-gyms-gut/?uniontrib

Rosenbaum said the constitutional amendment did not do enough to protect property owners because it did not clearly define acceptable uses of eminent domain.http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_12597815

Rafael Cetina and his family won't lose their land just yet. Milwaukee's Common Council decided Tuesday to give Cetina another chance to submit redevelopment plans before they take his land using eminent domain.http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/pi/48209867.html