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
Check it out: two recently-published books on eminent domain. We’ve not had a chance to read either one yet, but they both look promising:
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
Most of the buzz these days about eminent domain is about the “public use” side of the equation — whether a condemor can take property, and the legitimacy of its professed reasons for doing so. Today, however, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering the other side, which makes up a vast majority of eminent domain
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
Last year, Professor Gideon Kanner tuned us in to a folk song apropos of eminent domain, “They’re Moving Father’s Grave to Build a Sewer” by the Clancy Brothers (sadly, earlier this month we lost Liam, the last of the Clancy Brothers).
They’re moving father’s grave to build a sewer,
They’re moving him regardless of
We don’t normally post press releases (except our own, natch), but this one jumped out for its uniqueness. Georgia property owners who object to the taking of their store and land are trying to sell their property to “anyone and everyone” and get the new owners on the deed to force the city to serve