Due process

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

In the editorial “Eminent Domain in New York,” (Dec. 13, 2009), the New York Times opines about the two recent eminent domain decisions from the New York state appellate courts:

A New York State appellate court has misguidedly put a roadblock in theway of Columbia University’s expansion plans, ruling that the statemisused eminent

Here’s an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that’s worth reading, if only to see why we like reading Judge Posner’s writings:

  • It uses contractions (Judge Kozinski would approve). Slip op. at 11 (“The rule doesn’t apply to an order of civil contempt…”); slip op. at 5 (“No court thinks,

Here’s a collection of some of the commentary about yesterday’s oral arguments in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). The transcript is available here.

We’re continuing our summary of today’s oral arguments in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). The transcript is available here.

The property owners’ argument summary is posted here, and the State’s argument is here.

Disclosure: we filed an amicus brief

We’re continuing our summary of the oral arguments in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009), the case in which theCourt is considering the theory of “judicial takings” and whether statecourts are constrained by the Fifth Amendment if they suddenly and dramatically change stateproperty

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009), the case in which theCourt is considering the theory of “judicial takings” and whether statecourts are constrained by the Fifth Amendment if they suddenly and dramatically change stateproperty