At the U.S. Embassy in Beijing last Thursday, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was presented this year’s Brigham-Kanner prize. She was not able to attend in person, so delivered her acceptance speech by videotape. In her talk, she discussed the property-related opinions which she either authored or joined, including Midkiff, Nollan, Dolan, Yee, and Kelo.
The B-K Conference was not simply a celebration of her writings, and there was frank discussion of whether her opinions helped or hurt property owners overall. More on that in a separate post.