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12/23/2004

Property owner feels pressure to sell over proposed condo development San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune, 12/23/04

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By Amy Oakes Francisco Flores ignored the letters asking if he wanted to sell his homes on Roosevelt Street [in Chula Vista]. And he only ...
12/22/2004

Threshold of a misstep — The Washington Times, 12/21/04

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By Clint Bolick The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in one of the most important property-rights cases in a generation. A remarkabl...

Briefs filed in support of the petitioners in Kelo v. New London — The Institute for Justice

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The Institute for Justice, which will represent the petitioners before the US Supreme Court in what promises to be the landmark eminent doma...

Council delays RDA takeover vote — Long Beach (CA) Press Telegram, 12/21/04

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Leaders to wait six months for redevelopment study before deciding By Jason Gewirtz [Long Beach] City Council opted to wait six more mont...

Marina slowly becoming visible, viable — The (Brazoria County TX) Facts, 12/22/04

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By Elliott Blackburn [Freeport TX] workers are clearing obstacles between developers and a new marina this month, both physical and litigi...
12/21/2004

Another vote looms on Tempe mall land — East Valley (Phoenix-area AZ) Tribune, 12/21/04

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By Dennis Welch A new state law could force the Tempe City Council to vote at least one more time before condemning private property neede...

Eminent Domain Case To Be Heard Feb. 22 — Connecticut Farm Bureau, 12/20/04

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Press Release The American Farm Bureau Federation [AFBF] was one of 25 associations and groups that filed friend-of-the-court briefs suppo...

The Condemned — Mother Jones, 1/04

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In Ohio, and across the country, homeowners are battling cities and developers conspiring to seize their property By Gary Greenberg From ...
12/20/2004

Ogden officials may condemn properties for a Wal-Mart — Salt Lake Tribune, 12/19/04

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Downtown: Residents are ready to challenge the action's constitutionality By Kristen Moulton There are dark clouds on the horizon for...

Bellflower Invokes Eminent Domain — Long Beach (CA) Press Telegram, 12/18/04

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With no end to negotiations in sight, the town will take over Peerless Water's assets. By Karen Robes Unable to reach an agreement wit...
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...