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During the Senate confirmation hearings held this week, Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan did provide a somewhat direct response to Senator Grassley's questions concerning her position on property rights. From the exchange between Sen. Grassley and Ms. Kagan:

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In a majority opinion authored by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, the Supreme Court concluded that no compensation can be just compensation.

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Last week the New York Court of Appeals issued its decision in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp., No. 125 (June 24, 2010) (see our post here). In it's decision, NY's highest court reversed the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (First Department) decision issued December 3, 2009 which had struck down the attempted taking by eminent domain finding that the taking was unconstitutional as the project...

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The Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, WI) posted an article June 22 by Sean Ryan detailing the VFW eminent domain case refused for review by the U. S. Supreme Court (see our previous post here). Mr. Ryan's article 'You can't fight city hall': VFW loses eminent domain battle outlines the history of the case - a near decade long battle waged by the VFW Post 2874 against the Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority...

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We have just learned that the New York Court of Appeals (the state's highest court) has released its opinion in the matter of Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp., No. 125 (June 24, 2010). This is the case in which the New York State Urban Development Corporation (also known as the Empire State Development Corporation or ESDC) sought to condemn by eminent domain private properties in the...

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Yesterday, blogger Karen Dybis posted her interview with eminent domain attorney Alan Ackerman on The Detroit Blog (a Time/CNN partner blog).

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This morning, we received the following press release and link to the video featured above from the Institute for Justice reminding us that today marks the fifth anniversary of the infamous Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. New London.

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This morning the New Jersey Supreme Court issued an unanimous opinion in the inverse condemnation/regulatory takings/adverse possession case Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, No. A-49-09 (June 22, 2010), for which the New Jersey Law Journal coined the phrase "a bizarre condemnation."

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Below are links to additional blog posts and commentary regarding last week's Supreme Court decision in Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 08-1151.

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There has been much chatter and discussion regarding the U.S. Supreme Court Opinion issued June 17, 2010 in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep't of Environmental Protection, No. 08-1151. (See list of links below for much of this chatter.) As many have said, the opinion is "fragmented" with various groupings of Justices agreeing on different parts of the decision, nonetheless all 8 Justices agreed that there was...

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