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June 9, 2008
Prominent Law Firm Urges Atlantic Yards Development Be Stopped
The NY Sun
By Joseph Goldstein
The public interest law firm that challenged the use of eminent domain in the landmark case Kelo v. City of New London is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn.
In a friend-of-the-court brief recently filed in the federal high court, the Arlington, Va.-based Institute for Justice called on the court to hear an appeal brought by a handful of residents who would be ousted by the Atlantic Yards project. The Supreme Court has not yet indicated whether it will hear the case.
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Lawyers for the Institute for Justice argue that the Supreme Court should overturn the two lower courts and affirm that the use of eminent domain is unconstitutional when the seizure of property is made in "bad faith or for pretextual reasons," such as to benefit a private developer, the brief said.
NoLandGrab: Despite the headline and lead, the amicus brief filed by the Institute for Justice calls on the Supreme Court to hear the case, not stop the project.
Posted by lumi at June 9, 2008 5:05 AM