Eminent Domain: Contemporary Decisions
“This casebook contains 168 federal court of appeals decisions that address a government’s power of eminent domain. The selection of decisions spans from 2000 through the date of publication and is organized by circuit. The…
St. Louis Regional Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Best Practices Guide
“Eminent domain is the exercise of state power to seize private property or rights-in-property without the owner’s consent, though it does legally require “just compensation.” The City of Denver’s Transit- Oriented Development Strategic Plan explicitly…
Kelo: Five Years Later
In the merely five years since that infamous ruling, the vast majority of state legislatures, many state supreme courts and the public itself have acted to limit Kelo, which took away the homes of seven…
Kelo Confined – Colorado Safeguards Against Condemnation for Public – Private Transportation Projects
Kelo Confined – Colorado Safeguards Against Condemnation for Public – Private Transportation Projects. McCormick, Michael. The Colorado Lawyer, March 2008 Vol 37, No 3 pages 39 – 48.
Kelo v. New London
“At issue is whether governments can forcibly seize homes and businesses, for private economic development. Under a practice known as eminent domain, a person’s property may be condemned and the land converted for a greater…
Stop taking our property
Stop taking our property. Denver Business Journal 26 February 2006. Letter to the Editor concerning Rep. Al White, R- Winter Park, sponsorship of HCR 1001 to stop eminent domain for economic gain. “In the 1954…