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8/14/2004

Michigan Ruling Gives Haddon Township NJ Property Owners Hope

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By Dan Keashen Poletown was a small neighborhood inside the city of Detroit with a bakery, night watch, and numerous churches. This c...
8/12/2004

Property Takings To Lift Economy Fall In Michigan

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By Dean Starkman In a decision with wide implications for property rights nationally, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the state and...
8/11/2004

Poletown's Revenge

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(Note: This was the lead editorial in The Wall Street Journal on August 3 2004) It must come as cold comfort to the citizens of Poletown, ...

Eminent Domain Revisited

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The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned its ruling that allowed the government to forcibly buy private land for a General Motors plant. ...

Eminent Domain Abuse Curbed

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by Mike Perez Eminent domain — the government’s right to "take" private property after paying compensation to the owner — is spe...

Wayne v. Hathcock and Philadelphia's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative

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Alan Krigman has written a "letter to the editor" of the Philadelphia Daily News discussing the implications of this case on the ...
8/10/2004

One Court Tries to Curb the Misuse of Eminent Domain

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By James Kilpatrick On July 19, counsel for Susette Kelo filed a petition for review in the U.S. Supreme Court. On July 30, the Michigan ...

Supreme Court asked to review use of eminent domain
San Diego Daily Transcript, 7/27/04

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The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to rule on whether local governments may use eminent domain for economic development when the property...

Wayne County v. Hathcock, a Landmark Decision

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Commentary by Alan Krigman In what may prove to be a landmark decision, the Michigan Supreme Court has overturned a 1981 decision, and ru...
8/02/2004

Poletown Seizures are Ruled Unlawful

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by John Gallagher Reversing more than two decades of land-use law, the Michigan Supreme Court late Friday overturned its own landmark 1981...
8/01/2004

Fighting Eminent Domain's Expansion

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Two businesses face eviction. Critics wonder whether it is tax-generating potential, not public benefit, that counts more. By Anthony S. T...