1st Amendment Protections in Eminent Domain. Case Study on Religion Owned Land.

Where: West Virginia

The eminent domain project: A gas pipeline

The religion owned land: Hare Krishna community

The 1st amendment argument: “infringement on its freedom of religion rights and “seeks to take a non-metaphorical bulldozer through the Vrindaban Parties’ property, and in turn, through their most sincerely held holy sites.”

The property to be taken:  50-foot-wide right of way about 3,000 feet long

The Offer: $7,000

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