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Missed the live blog and video of the oral arguments in Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corp., the latest case involving the controversial Atlantic Yards development and Kelo-like claims of eminent domain abuse in an economic development taking?
Well, you’re in luck — the court has archived…
It appears that the New York Court of Appeals live streams oral arguments, so tomorrow, for the second day in a row, we’ll go live with real-time blogging of an important and fascinating case (today we’re blogging oral arguments in the Hawaii Supreme Court on a land use case).
Starting at 2 pm EDT…
Beginning at 2pm EST on Wednesday, October 14 (thanks, noLandGrab) the New York Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corp., the latest case involving the controversial Brooklyn Yards development and Kelo-like claims of eminent domain abuse in an economic development taking.
In today’s Honolulu Star-Bulletin, University of Hawaii lawprof David L. Callies responds to my September 20, 2009 review of Jeff Benedict’s book about the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous Kelo eminent domain case, Little Pink House: a True Story of Defiance and Courage.
In In defense of taking land for public use, Callies…
As I mentioned here, in August, I became the Chair of the Committee on Condemnation Law, a part of the ABA’s State and Local Government Law Section. The Committee includes some very experienced practitioners and scholars, private and government attorneys, and newer lawyers and law students looking to gain experience and a collegial…
On October 16, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear arguments in Rumber v. District of Columbia, No. 09-7035, an appeal challenging an attempt to take property by the District of Columbia and the National Capital Revitalization Corporation. Note: in 2007, the District abolished the NRDC, and the Districtsubstituted…
Willets Point United has filed an amicus brief supporting their fellow New York City property owners in the public use case now pending in the New York Court of Appeals regarding the Atlantic Yards “redevelopment” project in Brooklyn, Goldstein v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp. As we noted here, Willets Point is…
Justice Stevens’ majority opinion in Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) held the government’s public use determination isoff-limits if thedetermination was the result of a “comprehensive plan,” regardless ofwhether than plan has any realistic chance of actually beingaccomplished. Thus, property owners can be forcibly dispossessed of their homes based merely…
In yesterday’s New York Daily News, Dana Berliner of the Institute for Justice — the good folks who brought us Kelo — published “End eminent domain abuse: N.Y.’s highest court should rule against Bruce Ratner.” The latest Atlantic Yards case, Goldstein v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp., which is currently…
