▪ Links for "Progress in Protecting Property Rights Post-Kelo"

To my colleagues at the LINC conference in D.C., thank you for the opportunity to present the topic.  Here are links to the cases discussed:

• Applying Kennedy’s Kelo concurring opinion – 49 Wb, LLC v. Village of Haverstraw, 2007 NY Slip Op. 05506 (Jun. 19, 2007) (New York)
• Blight slight – Mint Properties v. Centene Plaza Redev. Corp. (SC88487, Jun. 12, 2007), (Missouri)
• How to plead Kelo – Goldstein v. Pataki, 488 F.Supp.2d 254 (E.D.N.Y. 2007), appeal filed (2d Cir. 2007)
• Blight slight, part II – Gallenthin Realty Dev., Inc. v. Borough of Paulsboro, 924 A.2d 447 (2007) (New Jersey) – blight means more than “not fully productive”
• Public use challenges not subject to Williamson County ripeness rules – Rumber v. District of Columbia, No. 06-7004 (D.C. Cir., May 25, 2007)
• Kelo applied to Euclidean taking – Western Seafood Co. v. United States, No 04-41196 (5th Cir., Oct. 11, 2006)
• Statutory limitations – Cowlitz County v. Martin, No. 34943-4-II (Aug. 14, 2007) (Washington) – county’s taking for “fish passage” not authorized by statute
• Procedural due process in eminent domain – Brody v. Village of Port Chester, No. 00 Ci. 7481 (HB) (S.D.N.Y., July 18, 2007), on remand from 434 F.3d 121 (2d Cir. 2005)
• Notice in eminent domain – Divine v. Town of Nantucket, 449 Mass. 499, ___ N.E.2d ___ (July 19, 2007)
• Kelo pretext SCOTUS cert petition – MiPro Homes, LLC v. Mount Laurel Township (No. 06-1345) (cert. petition filed - conference on 9/24)
• Is the statute of limitations in Tucker Act claims jurisdictional – John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States (No. 06-1164) (cert. granted May 29, 2007)