Real Estate & Property Law

Columbia Oral Argument Recap - Blight, Civic Purpose, And Bad Faith

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

We've been busy filing an appellate brief and drafting another, so until now, haven't had the chance to post up links about Tuesday's New York Court of Appeals oral argument in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp.

We live blogged the arguments, following along on the court's video webcast. The court usually posts an archived video of oral arguments, which we expect next week.

Until then, check these out:

• New York High Court Oral Argument in Columbia Eminent Domain Case - lawprof Ilya Somin, via Volokh Conspiracy

• Columbia eminent domain case draws heated arguments, frequent references to Atlantic Yards - Norman Oder via his indispensable blog Atlantic Yards Reports

• Court of Appeals state on M'ville blight, civic purpose of expansion - the Columbia Spectator's summary

Any predictions? The only thing we're going to predict publicly is that the opinion should be issued by the end of the summer - the Court of Appeals usually hands out opinions pretty quickly.

As background to the arguments, you may also want to check these reports out:

• Legal briefs shed light on eminent domain argument - Columbia Spectator

• After long battle, eminent domain to be scrutinized in highest state court - Columbia Spectator

• Columbia eminent domain appeal today in Albany; Atlantic Yards decision invoked regularly; will Court of Appeals revise NY's role as national outlier? - Atlantic Yards Report

• Court date set for Columbia eminent domain case - Crain's New York Business

• The Blight Stops Here - Damon Root, via reason.com

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).