Real Estate & Property Law

Government Subsidies for the New Yankee Stadium:
Tonight's major league all star game may be the last major contest held at Yankee Stadium, a great sports icon that will be replaced by a newly constructed stadium of the...

Yankee Stadium, R.I.P.
Today is, of course, the final game for ?the Yankee Stadium,? as it used to be called, and the Sunday NY Times has a terrific 2-page spread with reminiscences...

Potty Patriotism: Atheist Thrown Out of Yankee Stadium for Trying to Go to Bathroom During the Singing of God Bless America
A rather fluid first amendment controversy is brewing over police conduct at the Yankee stadium. Fan Brad Campeau-Laurion says that when he tried to go to the bathroom during the singing of “God Bless America,” he was roughed up a bit and then thrown out of the stadium...

Yankee Stadium Home Run Baseball Dispute
From the NY Times: Yankees catcher José Molina hit the last home run at Yankee Stadium. That is not in dispute. Who should have pocketed the ball seems to be. In Sunday night?s Yankees-Orioles game ? the last baseball game...

Le Roi est mort
Two institutions saw their demise this week. Goodbye Wall Street and thank you Yankee Stadium. One will be resurrected; what will happen of the other?

New tales of sport and free expression, Part I
Some new stories of sport and speech this week. I originally was going to discuss them in one post, but it got too long, so I decided to break it up over the next few days.A blurb in the new Sports Illustrated reports that a fan was kicked out of Yankee Stadium when he tried to leave his seat and go to the bathroom while "God Bless America" was playing during the Seventh Inning Stretch...

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Stadium Eminent Domain
City of Arlington agrees to $2 million Dallas Cowboys stadium settlement.

Payments Begin in Landmark $16 Million Medicaid Class Action
Payments Begin in Landmark $16 Million Medicaid Class Action

Wyeth
to Pay Amputee $6.7 Million in Landmark Case