The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a number of significant decisions dealing with eminent domain this term.

Power of Condemnation Can Be Delegated

On June 29, 2021, the court decided PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey, 594 U.S. __ (2021). The court held that the federal government had properly delegated to private companies' federal authority to condemn necessary rights-of-way in state owned property.