Town Has Not Been Delegated Eminent Domain Power And Can’t Just Make Up Its Own Procedures

Here&rsquo;s the latest in a case we&rsquo;ve been closely following (because we represent the property owners!). In this Memorandum and Order , the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island invalidated the Town of Johnston&rsquo;s ham-fisted attempt to take the property of a local family in order to move the current Town Hall from its present location in the center of town to the very…