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The Latest On Eminent Domain In New York From The NY Times
The New York Times' "Square Feet" column today posted "Lessons on Limits of Eminent Domain at Columbia," about the recent decision in Kaur v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp.,2009…
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Unfrozen Caveman Judges “Frightened And Confused” By Blight
Remember Phil Hartman's classic Saturday Night Live routine, "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer" -- One hundred thousand years ago, a caveman was out hunting on the frozenwastes when he slipped and fell…
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New York Court Of Appeals: Agency Can Blight The Baby With The Bathwater With No Judicial Oversight
The New York Court of Appeals issued its opinion in the appeal regarding the Atlantic Yards redevelopment project, Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corp., No. 178 (Nov. 24,…
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D.C. Circuit To Consider Challenge To Use Of Eminent Domain To Replace “Lowbrow” Shopping Center With “Gentrified Shopping Experience”
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…
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Depends On What The Meaning Of “Blight” Is
A recent post by Florida Keys land use attorney Jim Mattson on his Grand Theft: Property blog "Oral Argument in Condemnation Blight Case" got us to thinking.
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New Article On Redevelopment And “Blight” – Proposal For Reform
I just finished reading a recently-published law review article by Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Harold L. Lowenstein, Redevelopment Condemnations: A Blight or a Blessing upon the Land?, 74 Mo.…
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Monday Eminent Domain Round-Up
Here's what we've been reading today:There Goes the Neighborhood: A Fight Over Defining "Blight" - the Wall Street Journal focuses on the blight issue, which in most jurisdictions is a…
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Blight and Foreclosures
By propertyprof
This past weekend's NY Times Magazine had a great story about Cleveland's attempts to deal with the foreclosure crisis. On a related point, Slate has a slideshow on abandoned housing. …
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Might Makes Blight In The New York Appellate Division
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…
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California Court of Appeal: No TKO Of Eminent Domain Challenge (Video)
A delay in publication of a legal notice won't knock out a challenge to the legality of a city's blight designation. In Community Youth Athletic Center v. City of National…