In Selma, Alabama, Willie Palmer Jr. is suing his white neighbor and others, alleging trespassing and a conspiracy to take ...

Diane and Blaine Smith are fighting to stop a railroad from taking their land, which has been in their family since the 1920s. (Institute for Justice) Blaine and Diane Smith were hurt but unsurprised ...

A judge has ruled that a Georgia railroad can buy land against the will of property owners to build a track, rebuffing a challenge that a libertarian group hoped could make it harder to use eminent ...

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall Sr. ruled that the Sandersville Railroad could condemn a 200-foot wide strip of property to build a rail line serving a rock quarry and other users but ...

A potentially precedent-setting legal battle aims to decide whether a railroad can use eminent domain in one of Georgia's poorest counties to build a rail spur to serve private businesses. The case ...

Hanson Spur Project Expected to Generate Over $1.5 Million in Annual Economic Benefits for Hancock County ATLANTA, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) today voted ...

The Georgia Public Service Commission held an Aug. 6 hearing on a group of Hancock County property owners seeking to overturn an April ruling that would allow the Sandersville Railroad Co. to acquire ...

ATLANTA — A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia ...

ATLANTA — A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia ...