Our thanks to Dwight Merriam for letting us know about these two decisions.
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Thank you to those who were able to join us live for today’s teleconference. Here are the links to the additional cases and other items I mentioned (or wanted to mention) in my session on Public Use and Pretext Update:
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Thank you to those who were able to join us live for today’s teleconference. Here are the links to the additional cases and other items I mentioned (or wanted to mention) in my session on Public Use and Pretext Update:
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Our thanks to Robert S. Poliner, the Connecticut Ombudsman for Property Rights for permitting us to republish his review of Jeff Benedict’s Little Pink House – A True Story of Defiance and Courage (Grand Central Publishing 2009) (available from Amazon here), the recently published book about the infamous U.S. Supreme Court eminent domain…
There’s still time to register for two teleconferences that are a part of the ABA State and Local Government Section’s “Virtual Spring Meeting.” I hope you can join us for at least one of the programs.
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Following up on this story, West Hawaii Today reports “Attorneys argue against Supreme Court ruling on bypass,” about whether a second attempt to condemn property ostensibly for a road ispretextual when the court determined the first attempt was unconstitutional and nothing changed:
Attorneys for the Richards family and theCoupe Trust, in documents…
Professor James Ely (who among other things, is the author of The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights) writes “A Report Card on Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reforms” at the Oxford University Press blog. He notes the “decidedly mixed” legislative reactions to Kelo, and how many apparent…
As reported in this story from West Hawaii Today, a Hawaii trial court is considering whether a second attempt to condemn property ostensibly for a road is pretextual when it determined the first attempt was unconstitutional. Disclosure: we represent the property owner in this case.
“Classic” Uses Not Immune
In County of Hawaii v. C&J…
“Susette Kelo’s legal battle with New London, Conn. brought about one of the most controversial and troubling Supreme Court rulings in many many years. But her fight also spurred a backlash among property owners and state legislatures. Dozens of states have tightened rules for eminent domain. Many have simply banned the practice of eminent domain…
Instead of an in-person Spring Meeting this year, the ABA Section of State & Local Government Law will be “meeting” virtually from March 31-April 2, 2009. As part of the meeting, the Section will be featuring a series of teleconference and live audio webcasts on a variety of subjects including topics near and dear to…
