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
…No, not Sgt. Pepper. It was on this day in 1984 that the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 8-0 decision in Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff, 467 U.S. 229 (1984), as this article (“Today in 1984: SCOTUS Upholds Hawaii Land Redistribution Eminent Domain Plan“) correctly notes.
Check it out. The author, “an
Those of us who practice eminent domain and land use law see the world through a different lens than everyone else. When normal people get stuck in traffic because of highway construction, they may view it as a mass of cement mixers, graders, and safety-vested crews. We eminent domain lawyers see partial takes, severance damages
Ah, the speed of the internet: we were all set to write up the recent decision by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Sorenti Bros., Inc. v. Commonwealth, No. SJC-11420 (May 19, 2014), when we noticed that the good folks over at the Massachusetts Land Use Monitor had already done so.
So
Worth reading: Gideon Kanner, Detroit and the Decline of Urban America, 2013 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1547 (2014), in the forthcoming issue of that august publication. Its not yet available on the law review’s web site, but Professor Kanner has written up a summary on his blog (he might even send you a
Mark your calendars for next week Thursday, May 22, 2014. ALI-CLE, the good folks who put on our annual Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation and Eminent Domain 101 conferences, are sponsoring the above-titled teleconference/webinar. Here’s the program description:
The City of Richmond, California rattled the universe of real estate lenders, trustees, owners, bankers
We offer this one to you without comment, since we haven’t had a chance to read anything more than the abstract. Sounds intriguing, no?
This Article proposes a paradigm shift in takings law, namely “inclusionary eminent domain.” This new normative concept provides a framework that molds eminent domain takings and economic redevelopment into an
[Note: we were all set to be the “firstest with the mostest” on these issues, but, as is often the case, Professor Kanner beat us to the punch (“The Clippers and Eminent Domain – It Was Only a Matter of Time“).]
What we’re talking about, of course, is the recent (and ongoing)
Here’s what we’re reading today:
Each year, the William and Mary Law School’s Property Rights Project awards the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize to a deserving person “whose work affirms that property rights are fundamental to protecting and preserving individual liberty.” This list of past recipients is an All-Star roster of property scholars and jurists, including lawprofs Frank Michelman, Richard