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Springfield judge overstepped in OKing landowners' challenge to Ameren power line eminent domain cases: IL Sup Ct

By Dan Churney | Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018 @ 10:28pm

The Supreme Court of Illinois has unanimously yanked the plug on a downstate court’s ruling that found the Illinois Commerce Commission breached due process by not notifying landowners their properties were in the path of proposed power lines, saying the lower court overstepped its authority, although two justices disagreed with the majority’s reasoning, calling it a “threat to individual rights.”