Topic
Blight
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Eminent Domain and Real Estate Valuation
PA Court Rules Condemnors Not Required To Provided Owners Of Blighted Properties Opportunity To Remediate
By David Snyder
In Redev. Auth. of the City of York v. Bratic, a property owner took steps to remediate a blighted property after the issuance of a blight notice. After a notice…
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Redevelopment Developments
Here's what we're reading today:Blight barons of redevelopment plot comeback - Steven Greenhut (O.C. Register): "As of February, anyway, redevelopment is dead in California, the victim of an absurdly arrogant…
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Sandefur Redevelops A Proposal To “Tighten The Definition Of Blight”
My Pacific Legal Foundation colleague and eminent domain scholar Tim Sandefur has posted an analysis of the legislation proposed by California's redevelopment agencies in reaction to Governor Brown's call to…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Speculators and Constitutional Amendment Are Not Related
Wayne State University Law Professor John Mogk has concluded that a 2006 amendment to the Michigan Constitution somehow benefits speculators buying Detroit properties at tax sales. The amendment limited the use…
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Another Amicus Brief In Columbia Eminent Domain Case: Redevelopment Takings “[D]isproportionately impact … racial and ethnic minorities.”
New York State Senator Bill Perkins has filed an amicus brief in Tuck-It-Away, Inc. v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp., No. 10-402 (cert. petition filed Sep. 21, 2010), the case…
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Cert Petition In Columbia “Blight” Case: Are There Any Limits To Eminent Domain In New York?
In a case that could write the next chapter in the Kelo saga, the property owner recently filed this cert petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision of…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
The Palm Beach Mall Battle
The Palm Beach Post article explains the likelihood that an acquisition of the closed Palm Beach Mall would be void as not being a taking for a public use. This…
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Friday’s Columbia “Blight” Case (Kaur) Links
Here's a round-up of reports and analysis of yesterday's opinion by the New York Court of Appeals in the "Columbia U. blight" case, Kaur v. New York State Urban Development…
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New York Still Has “Unfrozen Caveman Judges” Who Are “Frightened And Confused” By Eminent Domain Blight
More on today's opinion in the "Columbia U. blight" case, Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp., No. 125. As we noted in our critique of the Atlantic Yards…
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There Really Are No Limits To Eminent Domain In New York – Court Of Appeals Reverses The Columbia Case (Kaur)
The New York Court of Appeals today reversed the Columbia "blight" case, Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp., No. 125 (June 24, 2010). The unanimous opinion came swiftly…