Little Pink House – A True Story of Defiance and Courage, the recently-published book about the infamous 2005 eminent domain case Kelo v. City of New London,545 U.S. 469 (2005) (available from Amazon here), is generating interest:
Thanks to Dwight Merriam for the heads-up on “Driven Out,” the upcoming New York Times book review of Little Pink House – A True Story of Defiance and Courage, about the infamous 2005 eminent domain case Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005). The review laments the Supreme Court’s
A teaser for The Battle of Brooklyn, produced by the Moving Picture Institute (which “nurtures promising filmmakers who are committed to protecting and sustaining a free society”) about the ongoing redevelopment dispute in Brooklyn over the Atlantic Yards project. The summary describes the film:
The Battle of Brooklyn explores the poorly understood phenomenonof eminent
Develop Don’t Destroy 104597/07 (Brooklyn) v. Urban Dev. Corp., 2009 NY Slip Op 01395 (Feb. 26, 2009) is the latest decision involving Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards redevelopment project. See “A Hole Grows In Brooklyn” from the Wall Street Journal for more. An earlier constitutional objection to the public use of the taking was
In Lichoulas v. City of Lowell, No. 08-1485, 08-2023 (1st Cir., Jan. 30, 2009), the U.S. Court of Appeals declined to rule on a property owner’s objection to a taking for redevelopment, holding that public use challenges belong in state court. Interestingly, the court cited Williamson County Regional Planning Comm’n v. Hamilton Bank of
Certain addresses — real and fictitious — are instantly recognizable: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC and 221B Baker Street, London for example.
8 East Street, New London, Connecticut, however, isn’t an address that most people recognize.
is the former address of the “little pink house” which is the subject of Jeff Benedict’s Little
Some interesting items have crossed my desk on Friday and Saturday:
A recent book of interest to condemnation lawyers, Current Condemnation Law: Takings, Compensation & Benefits (2d ed.).
The book is co-edited by my Owner’s Counsel of America colleague Alan T. Ackerman. (He also has a blog about eminent domain issues.)
From the blurb:
Condemnation of property is an especially topical subject after the U.S.
Atlantic Yards Reports post this summary of the recent oral arguments in the state court fight over the massive redevelopment project in Brooklyn. More on the case here and here.
Eminent domain in the news:
Separately, [Carol] Browner [President Obama’s special advisor on climate change and energy] said the administration was also going to create an inter-agency task force to site a new national electricity transmission grid to meetboth growing demand and the President’s planned renewable energy expansion.Siting has been a major bottleneck to renewable growth, and lawmakers andadministration officials have said they’re likely to seek greater federal powersthat would give expanded eminent domain authorities.Continue Reading Eminent Domain Round-Up