by Timothy Sandefur Along with eminent domain, one of the worst abuses of property rights in America is the concept of civil asset forfeiture. Here is a good article explaining the concept, by Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute. (And … Continue reading
Volokh Conspiracy blogger Ilya Somin has an important post here about the increasing use of eminent doamin to transfer land to companies like Wal-Mart and Costco to construct stores: they very likely cause more economic harm than benefit, as I … Continue reading
The New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog has another story about an eminent domain victory, thanks in part to the Gallenthin decision. … Continue reading
Gideon Kanner has news of a victory for property owners in a state that is particularly bad when it comes to eminent domain for redevelopment. Here is the court's decision. Kanner writes, So what we have here is another right-to-take … Continue reading
by Timothy Sandefur Debra J. Saunders, an excellent writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, had this article in the Sunday paper focusing on the Revelli Tire Store case from Oakland. Excerpt: [Oakland City Attorney John Russo] bristles at the notion … Continue reading
by Timothy Sandefur David A. Dana has a new paper, "Reframing Eminent Domain: Unsupported Advocacy, Ambiguous Economics, and the Case for a New Public Use Test," posted on SSRN.com. I have only scanned it, but I see some interesting observations … Continue reading
by Timothy Sandefur The Asbury Park (N.J.) Press has been following eminent domain controversies in New Jersey quite thoroughly in the past couple of years. In Monday's issue, attorney Peter Dickson had a letter to the editor regarding the Gallenthin … Continue reading