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February 8, 2008
Ratner Foes eye Supreme Court
The Brooklyn Paper
By Gersh Kuntzman and Dana Rubinstein
Opponents of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-project vowed to take their fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court ruled unanimously in favor of the developer on Feb. 1. Experts say, however, that this latest defeat is most likely the end of the road for the lawsuit.
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Matthew Brinckerhoff, who represented the plaintiffs, said he was “certainly disappointed” by the ruling.
“We believe the decision is wrong,” he added, vowing to will bring the case to the Supreme Court “to re-examine the use of eminent domain.”
Brinckerhoff added that he would re-file the case in state court because the federal courts have consistently declined to take up the substantive issue in the case, preferring to rule on jurisdictional grounds.
Posted by steve at February 8, 2008 5:40 AM