Joe Suntum, OCA’s Maryland Member, Prevails in Landmark Eminent Domain Trial
Joe Suntum, OCA’s Primary Member from Maryland, and Benjamin Schneider of his office, recently prevailed in a complex “avigation easement” case for clients in Carroll County, Maryland, in Commissioners...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Supreme Court to Consider Attorney Fee Award in Condemnation Case
OCA member Clint Sargent of Sioux Falls, South Dakota will be arguing on behalf of his landowner client before the South Dakota Supreme Court on October 9, 2025, during the Court’s October term being...
View ArticleA Win for the Property Owner From the Oklahoma Appellate Court
OCA’s Oklahoma Primary Member, Kim Ritchie, and Affiliate Member Nick Atwood, received a successful appellate decision last month in which the Oklahoma State Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s...
View ArticleRobert Thomas Receives the ABA’s Jefferson B. Fordham/Anita P. Miller...
The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of State, Local, and Tribal Government Law presented the Jefferson B. Fordham/Anita P. Miller Advocacy Award to OCA Honorary Member (and former OCA Hawaii...
View ArticleA Big Win for Landowners at the North Dakota Supreme Court
OCA’s North Dakota Member, Derrick Braaten, won an important ruling from the North Dakota Supreme Court on behalf of landowners last month. On behalf of the Northwest Landowners Association, Mr....
View ArticleApplications for the Toby Brigham Scholarship Now Open to Law Students
Applications are now open for the 2025 Toby Brigham Scholarship, which provides a chance to attend the ALI Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Conference in Savannah, Georgia, January 22-24 of 2026 and...
View ArticleNew Jersey Beach Replenishment Case With Record High Jury Verdict Nearly a...
Last month, a final judgment was entered in a New Jersey eminent domain case handled by OCA primary member Anthony DellaPelle, confirming a jury verdict he obtained a year ago in the amount of...
View ArticleWhen Recognizing a Separate Economic Unit Lowers Compensation
The relevant parcel determination is required in every appraisal. A relevant parcel may be defined as the tract or tracts of land that possess a unity of ownership and have the same—or an...
View ArticleVirginia General Assembly Continues Legislative Reform of Eminent Domain...
The 2025 Virginia General Assembly enacted a couple of eminent domain focused pieces of legislation this year, with the majority of the meaningful reform being contained in SB1158. State Senator Mark...
View ArticleThe American College of Real Estate Lawyers Creates a New Eminent Domain...
Casey Pipes, OCA’s Alabama member, has also been a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) since 2018. ACREL is a national association of preeminent real estate lawyers focused...
View ArticlePrivate Land, Public Projects: What the Latest Change in South Carolina’s...
Our OCA Primary Member from South Carolina, Jeff Tibbals, has put together the summary and comment below on recent developments in South Carolina’s eminent domain laws, which should be of particular...
View ArticleWill the Government Use Eminent Domain to Take the Home Where the Pope Grew Up?
Pope Leo XIV grew up in a small home at 212 E. 141st Place in a Chicago suburb, Dolton, IL. His childhood home was recently renovated and the owner planned to sell it at auction. However, before the...
View ArticleNJ Jury Completely Rejects the Government’s Argument that Taking a Permanent...
The City of Hoboken, New Jersey, partnered with the State of New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, commenced condemnation proceedings to acquire a permanent easement for construction and...
View ArticleTexas Supreme Court holds that even a valid exercise of police power can...
In an appellate victory for Charles McFarland of McFarland PLLC, Owners Counsel’s Texas member, a unanimous Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion March 21st, 2025, in The Commons of Lake Houston, Ltd....
View ArticleJury awards 456% more than the government’s offer in NC eminent domain case
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) exercised the power of eminent domain to take 1.7 acres of a three acre parcel of vacant land in Dunn, NC from the property owner. The owner did...
View ArticleOCA Honorary Member Amy Brigham Boulris Elected to American Law Institute
In December 2023, the American Law Institute announced that OCA Honorary Member Amy Brigham Boulris would be one of several newly elected members. In its’ announcement, ALI stated that it was “pleased...
View ArticleOCA Member Randy Smith Obtains Important Court Ruling to Enforce Payment of...
Can a governmental body avoid paying an inverse condemnation damage judgment by simply refusing to do so on the basis of a state constitutional provision prohibiting seizure of state assets to satisfy...
View ArticleThe Passing of Legendary Lawyer, Scholar and Advocate Gideon Kanner
Owners’ Counsel of America is saddened to announce that Gideon Kanner, a fierce defender of property rights, who helped to found the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, has died at the age of 93....
View ArticleOCA Member Josh Baker Speaks on the Historic Use of Eminent Domain By...
Public universities have a long history of expanding campuses in the name of progress and economic growth. But often, these expansions used eminent domain and property seizures to disrupt and diminish...
View ArticleHelp Us Promote the Toby Prince Brigham OCA Scholarship for 2023
In honor of lawyer Toby Prince Brigham’s legacy of professionalism and achievement, in 2021 OCA established the Toby Prince Brigham OCA Scholarship to pay for all expenses of a second or third year law...
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