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• It Was Thirty Years Ago Today...

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  No, not that Sgt Pepper taught the band to play (that was 20 years ago). On Tuesday, December 4, 1979, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Kaiser Aetna v. United States , 444 U.S. 164 (1979). My Damon Key colleagues Charlie Bocken and Diane Hastert briefed and argued a challenge to over a ...
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• New York Court Finds "True Beneficiary" Of Manhattanville Taking Is Columbia U., Not Public

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  Read this opinion: Kaur v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp. , 2009 NY Slip Op 08976 (Dec. 3, 2009). The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (First Department) struck down the attempted taking of land north of Columbia University in New York City because of the record reflected overwhelming private benefit: ...
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• Stop The Beach Renourishment (Judicial Takings Case) Round-Up

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  Heres a collection of some of the commentary about yesterdays oral arguments in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection ,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). The transcript is available here . Our commentary was broken into three parts. The first covered the ...
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• SCOTUS Oral Arguments In The Judicial Takings Case: Are "Background Principles" Of Property Law Completely Up To State Judges? (Part III)

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  Were continuing our summary of todays oral arguments in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection ,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). The transcript is available here . The property owners argument summary is posted here , and the States argument is here . ...
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• SCOTUS Oral Arguments In The Judicial Takings Case: Are "Background Principles" Of Property Law Completely Up To State Judges? (Part II)

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  Were continuing our summary of the oral arguments in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection ,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009), the case in which theCourt is considering the theory of "judicial takings" and whether statecourts are constrained by the Fifth Amendment if ...
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• SCOTUS Oral Arguments In The Judicial Takings Case: Are "Background Principles" Of Property Law Completely Up To State Judges? (Part I)

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection ,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009), the case in which theCourt is considering the theory of "judicial takings" and whether statecourts are constrained by the Fifth Amendment if ...
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• Transcript Of SCOTUS Oral Arguments In The Judicial Takings Case

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  Posted here . More to follow after reviewing.
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• Why Are Conservatives So Quick To Eat Their Own?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  I must admit that this entire controversy (conservative feeding frenzy?) surrounding Governor Mike Huckabee’s commutation of Maurice Clemmons’ sentence back in 2000 makes me a bit queasy. Am I the only one that thinks the vitriol and condemnation of Huckabee over this is way over-the-top? Let’s take a step back ...
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• John Stossel On Eminent Domain

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  Long, but worth watching. Features some well known players in the eminent domain scene.
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• Oral Arguments In Judicial Takings Case: Are State Courts Bound By The Takings Clause?

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  On Wednesday, December 2, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the biggest takings case of the year, Stop the Beachfront Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection , No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). This is the case in which the Court is considering the theory of ...
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• Cato Institute Podcast On Stop The Beach Renourishment (Judicial Takings) Case

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  The Cato Institutes Ilya Shapiro discusses Stop the Beachfront Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept of Environmental Protection , No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009), the case being argued in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. We will post a preview of the arguments, but in the meantime, check out our ...
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• WSJ Video Commentary On Public Use, Blight, And Atlantic Yards

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  
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• Swiss minaret ban condemned by Vatican

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 611
  The comment by a Vatican spokesman followed criticism from across Europe. On Sunday voters in Switzerland voted yes to a referendum which bans the building of minarets on top of mosques used by the countrys small Muslim minority . Earlier on Monday the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said he ...
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• Unfrozen Caveman Judges "Frightened And Confused" By Blight

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  Remember Phil Hartmans 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 into a crevasse. In 1988, he wasdiscovered by some scientists and thawed out. He then went to lawschool and became... ...
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• Russia and China demand Iran halt secret nuclear site

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  World powers united in condemnation of Irans nuclear activities yesterday in a rare show of international consensus on the threat posed by Tehrans continued nuclear defiance. China and Russia joined the United States, Britain, France and Germany in backing an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution censuring ...
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• Use of Eminent Domain Approved for Atlantic Yards Project – State High Court Finds Project Has Public Purpose as Area Meets Blight Definition

  
  LAW OF THE LAND — Authority: 426
  This week the proposed redevelopment of an area in Brooklyn, NY known as Atlantic Yards, cleared another hurdle in what is turning out to be protracted litigation.  Basing its holding on State constitutional authority that accords government “broad power to take and clear substandard and insanitary areas for ...
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• Media And Commentary Links On NYCAs Atlantic Yards Decision

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  While were formulating our thoughts on the NY Court of Appeals decision in Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corp ., No. 178 (Nov. 24, 2009), here are media reports and others thoughts on the case: The blog at the epicenter of the case, the Atlantic Yards Report has a series of posts with its ...
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• New York Court Of Appeals: Agency Can Blight The Baby With The Bathwater With No Judicial Oversight

  
  inversecondemnation.com — Authority: 466
  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, 2009). This case was a challenge to the taking under the New York Constitution. While we have not yet fully digested the 66 ...
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• Protesting Uganda’s Proposed “Anti-Homosexuality” Bill

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  This post is from HRC Legislative Counsel Ty Cobb; photos by Media Center Intern Arthur Hartnett: Last week, HRC joined the Council for Global Equality outside the Ugandan Embassy on Thursday to protest  a contemptable bill that would outlaw homosexuality.   Bill No. 18, introduced in the Ugandan ...
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• A Special Kind of Eminent Domain Abuse

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  In federal eminent domain cases, the “scope of the project” rule requires that in determining “just compensation” under the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause, any increase or decrease in property value caused by the federal project be disregarded.  As it turns out, the federal government had discussed the ...
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