You remember Battle for Brooklyn, the documentary which chronicles the eminent domain fight over New York’s Atlantic Yards project? (Read our review of the film here to refresh your recollection.)
Well here’s the latest chapter. Or perhaps “epilogue” is more appropriate, because the former property owners have long since been evicted, the homes have
Check out this language from a recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of D.C.:
The CityCenterDC development may be a laudable and exciting public-private partnership, and it may entail a more comprehensive level of urban planning and cooperation than the ordinary project, but the exercise will result in the creation of
We often jokingly suggest that in eminent domain, “it’s good to be the King!” quoting that eminent eminent domain scholar Mel Brooks. We think this catchphrase aptly describes the “most awesome grant of power,” City of Oakland v. Oakland Raiders, 220 Cal. Rptr. 153, 155 (Cal. App. 1985), under which the condemnor