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:
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The developer in the two condemnation cases arising out of the County of Hawaii’s attemptsto take a Kona family’s property has filed its Answering Brief in the latest phase of County of Hawaii v. C&J Coupe Family Ltd. P’ship.
We posted the County’s Answering Brief here.
We represent the property owner in these…
The County of Hawaii has filed its Answering Brief in the latest phase of County of Hawaii v. C&J Coupe Family Ltd. P’ship,two condemnation cases arising out of the County’s attemptsto take a Kona family’s property. The brief responds to the Opening Brief which my Damon Key colleagues Ken Kupchak, Mark Murakami…
The New York Times’ “Square Feet” column today posted “Lessons on Limits of Eminent Domain at Columbia,” about the recent decision in Kaur v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp.,2009 NY Slip Op 08976 (Dec. 3, 2009). In that case, the New York SupremeCourt, Appellate Division (First Department) struckdown the attempted…
This probably isn’t the phrasing you should use if you are trying to convince others that you are not a “politically connected developer” who got the government to exercise eminent domain on your behalf.
“Atlantic Yards project was not properly presented,” complains Charles Ratner, the president of Forest City Enterprises in this letter to the…
The Minnesota Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in Eagan Economic Development Authority v. U-Haul Company of Minnesota. The case asks from where a redevelopment authority derives its eminent domain power. We digested the court of appeals’ decision here.
Update: a report on the argument is posted here.
Here’s the summary of…
Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court filed this Order Granting and Accepting Application for Transfer (Dec. 21, 2009), in County of Hawaii v. C&J Coupe Family Ltd. P’ship, transferring the appeal from the Intermediate Court of Appeals. [Disclosure: my Damon Key colleagues and I represent the property owners in this case.]
This is the property…
Long, but worth watching. Features some well known players in the eminent domain scene.
Each summer, The Urban Lawyer (the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law‘s peer-reviewed law review), devotes an issue to recent developments in various areas of law. A subscription to the journal, which is published each quarter, is among the benefits of section membership. The just-published Summer 2009 issue includes my article on…
Yesterday, the New York Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the latest case involving the controversial Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. We blogged the arguments as we followed along on the live video feed (video archived here).
According to the court’s web site, “[t]he Court normally decides cases within thirty to sixty days…
