Institute for Justice
Didden
Case Team
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Client
Bart Didden
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Senior Paralegal
Gretchen Embrey
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Senior Attorney
Robert McNamara
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Senior Vice President and Litigation Director
Dana Berliner
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Vice President for Communications
John E. Kramer
Timeline and Case Documents
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December 2006
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January 2007
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Related Research
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Empire State Eminent Domain
Robin Hood in Reverse
An analysis of the populations living in areas of New York City under threat of condemnation for private development finds that such eminent domain abuse disproportionately targets those who are less well-off and less educated, as well as ethnic and racial minorities—populations least able to fight back to protect their homes and businesses. In New…
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Building Empires, Destroying Homes
Eminent Domain Abuse in New York
New York is perhaps the worst state in the nation when it comes to eminent domain abuse. Government jurisdictions and agencies statewide have condemned or threatened to condemn homes and small businesses for the New York Stock Exchange, The New York Times, IKEA and Costco.
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Doomsday? No Way
Economic Trends and Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform
When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld eminent domain for private development in the 2005 Kelo case, the public reacted with shock and outrage, leading to a nationwide movement to reform state laws and curb the abuse of eminent domain for private gain. By the end of 2007, 42 states had passed some type of eminent…
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50 State Report Card
Tracking Eminent Domain Reform Legislation Since Kelo
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s now-infamous decision in Kelo v. New London, 44 states have passed new laws aimed at curbing the abuse of eminent domain for private use.
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Eminent Domain & African Americans
What is the Price of the Commons?
Eminent domain has become what the Founding Fathers sought to prevent: a tool that takes from the poor and the politically weak to give to the rich and the politically powerful.
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Dreher and Echeverria
Disinformation & Errors on Eminent Domain
In the fight to protect home and small business owners from the government’s abuse of eminent domain, it was only a matter of time until the apologists of the practice—taking property from one private individual and transferring it to another—began their counteroffensive. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous and widely despised decision in Kelo v.…
