July 26, 2023
The Eleventh Circuit has upheld a more than $500,000 award of attorney fees and costs in a Florida eminent domain case over a parcel of land seized by a company for an interstate pipeline, ruling that proceedings must refer to state law to determine the measure of compensation.
December 14, 2022
Eleventh Circuit judges have debated whether an award under Florida law of almost $500,000 in attorney fees and costs was appropriate in a federal eminent domain case over a 4-acre parcel of land seized for an interstate gas pipeline.