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12/17/2004

Transcript is published for November 16 Chicago roundtable

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The National Law Journal (NLJ) and the University of Chicago Law School presented a roundtable discussion in Chicago on Nov. 16 called, “Lif...
12/16/2004

Council vote continues BRA powers — The Boston Globe, 12/16/04

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By Heather Allen and Andrea Estes The City Council voted yesterday to extend the Boston Redevelopment Authority's urban renewal powers...

Groups Seek Legal Remedy For Eminent Domain — The (New London CT) Day, 12/16/04

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Fort Trumbull case spawns briefs filed with Supreme Court By Kate Moran The Institute for Justice has soldered progressive and conservati...

Supreme Court to hear New London eminent domain case Feb. 22 — Associated Press, 12/16/04

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Feb. 22 in a New London eminent domain case that could clarify when governments may seize peop...
12/14/2004

Grassroots Brooklyn development plan would avoid displacement

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Atlantic Yards Development WorkShop (AYDWS) A grassroots plan, AYDWS, has been proposed as part of a collaborate community effort, to deve...

Eminent Danger — Entrepreneur Magazine, 1/05

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Cash-strapped cities use entrepreneurs' property to lure big businesses By Joshua Kurlantzick Dino Paspalakis was sure his business w...

Renewal vs. displacement weighs on Trenton — The (Trenton NJ) Times, 12/13/04

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By Albert Raboteau Alberta Thompson doesn't want to leave the two-story city row home where she has lived 49 years and raised nine chi...

Abusing eminent domain: Big-box bullies — Pittsburgh (PA) Tribune-review, 12/13/04

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Big-box retailers use Big Government to box-out the little guy. Mega-merchandisers such as Costco Wholesale Corp., Home Depot Inc. and W...
12/12/2004

Development Could Lead To Eminent Domain — WBNS-TV (Columbus OH), 12/12/04

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Neighbors voiced their opposition Saturday night The Milo Grogan neighborhood is organizing against a proposal for a new shopping center t...

Free State ad campaign targeting unhappy Connecticut homeowners — Foster's Sunday Citizen, 12/11/04

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By Beverley Wang (Associated Press) The Free State Project is hungry for recruits and is again casting its net in troubled waters. Thr...
12/10/2004

City offers less for property than it did 40 years ago — Peoria [IL] Journal Star, 12/8/04

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Attorney for woman who owns small parcel of land on Sears Block says Peoria would rather take land by force By Jennifer Davis The city of...

Petitioners' Opening Brief filed with US Supreme Court in Eminent Domain Abuse case — The Institute for Justice, 12/6/04

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In a case with nationwide implications to halt the abuse of eminent domain, the Institute for Justice filed its opening brief today with th...

Cities Use Eminent Domain To Clear Lots for Big-Box Stores — The Wall Street Journal, 12/8/04

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By Dean Starkman Big-box retailers have a message for local landowners: Move. And the command has the force of law, much to the dismay ...

Property owners sue over blight designation — Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger, 12/10/04

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Newark accused of conspiracy to take land By Jeffrey C Mays After intense lobbying efforts to keep their neighborhood from the wrecking b...
12/09/2004

S. Jersey legal group joins eminent domain case — [South Jersey] Courier-Post, 12/9/04

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Conn. dispute could affect South Jersey actions By Jason Laughlin An Atlantic City organization is getting involved in a Supreme Court ca...

MTOTSA ready to hire attorney to fight city — Atlanticville [NJ], 12/9/04

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Institute for Justice is monitoring case, coordinator tells group By Christine Varno A group of [Long Branch] residents living within a c...

The New Bill of Rights — John Ryskamp

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The amicus curiae briefs submitted to the US Supreme Court to date, in support of the petitioners in Kelo v. New London, have focused on arg...
12/08/2004

Brief Urges Supreme Court to Protect Private Property from Government Confiscation — The Cato Institute, 12/6/04

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Can government give your home to someone else, just because the new owner will pay more taxes? On December 3, 2004, the Cato Institute fil...

‘Eminent domain' case may have area impact — Kansas City Star, 12/08/04

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By Kelly Garbus Does government have the right to condemn and obtain individuals' properties for the sole purpose of economic developm...
12/07/2004

Brief of Amicus Curiae — Develop Don't Destroy (Brooklyn), 12/6/04

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Brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in Kelo v. The City of New London High Court's Decisi...