More on today’s opinion in the “Columbia U. blight” case, Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp., No. 125.
As we noted in our critique of the Atlantic Yards case (Goldstein), New York judges apparently are too “frightened and confused” by allegations that property is not truly “substandard or unsanitary,” so
The New York Court of Appeals today reversed the Columbia “blight” case, Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp., No. 125 (June 24, 2010). The unanimous opinion came swiftly (oral arguments were just under a month ago), suggesting it was not a close call for the court. Here’s the Appellate Division’s opinion
Most of the time when we think of impact fees and other development exactions, Nollan and Dolan spring immediately to mind. In those two cases, the Court established the requirement that exactions have a reasonable relationship (“nexus”) to some ill caused by a proposed development, and be “roughly proportional” to the impact created by the
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Missed our live blog of the the New York Court of appeals oral arguments in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp. the case in which the Appellate Division struck down an attempt to take property north of Columbia University in New York City because of the record reflected overwhelming
We’ve been busy filing an appellate brief and drafting another, so until now, haven’t had the chance to post up links about Tuesday’s New York Court of Appeals oral argument in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp.
We live blogged the arguments, following along on the court’s video webcast. The court usually
Today, starting at 2:00 p.m. ET, the New York Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp. In that case, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (First Department) struck down the attempted taking of land north of Columbia University in New York City because of
A reminder: on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. ET, we will be live blogging the oral arguments in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp.
In that case, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (First Department) struck down the attempted taking of land north of Columbia University in New York
Today, we filed the final briefs in the latest phase of County of Hawaii v. C&J Coupe Family Ltd. P’ship,two condemnation appeals presently before the Hawaii Supreme Court arising out of the County’s attemptsto take a Kona family’s property.
We filed this brief replying to the developer’s Answering Brief, and this brief in
We just wrapped up the annual three-day Festival of Eminent Domain Law, otherwise known as the American Law Institute | American Bar Association’s two CLE conferences, “Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation,”and “Condemnation 101: How To Prepare and Present an Eminent DomainCase.”
Dana Berliner, Matt Fellerhoff and I spoke about about “Winning Arguments in
On Wednesday, Honolulu lost its iconic former Mayor, Frank Fasi. Mayor Fasi will be remembered for a lot of things, but we here at inversecondemnation.com will fondly recall his cheek when it came to exactions and in lieu payments. Two of the more well known examples: