Real Estate & Property Law

Friday's Columbia "Blight" Case (Kaur) Links

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

Here's a round-up of reports and analysis of yesterday's opinion by the New York Court of Appeals in the "Columbia U. blight" case, Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp., No. 125:

• "Judicial review of eminent domain in New York is fundamentally broken" - Damon W. Root (Reason blog)

• Court of Appeals, citing precedent in Atlantic Yards case, overturns lower court ruling blocking eminent domain for Columbia expansion - Norman Oder (Atlantic Yards Report)

• New York Court of Appeals Backs Eminent Domain Use in Columbia Expansion (WSJ Law Blog)

• New York High Court Upholds Columbia University Takings - Ilya Somin (The Volokh Conspiracy)

• NY Court of Appeals decides Columbia U. Eminent Domain case - Matthew Festa (Land Use Prof Blog)

• Universities and Eminent Domain - Ilya Somin (The Volokh Conspiracy)

• New York's Eminent Domain "Blight" Grows - Jonathan Tobin (Contentions)

• Columbia Expansion Backed by New York's Top Court (Bloomberg)

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on June 25, 2010 (boomark / email).