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I will be speaking to the St. Louis Federalist Society on Thursday about eminent domain. Also on the panel with me are the Show Me Institute's Dave Roland, as well as attorneys Gerald Carmody and Alan Bornstein. The discussion will probably center around the City of Arnold v. Tourkakis case I argued before the Missouri … ...

The Castle Coalition has released a new report on the abuse of eminent domain in California. Very much worth reading. Some highlights: • California has 395 active redevelopment agencies• about 80 percent of municipalities have a redevelopment agency• 759 blight zones• $12.9 billion worth of property owned by redevelopment agencies in fiscal ...

by Timothy Sandefur Professor Ilya Somin has recently been blogging about the new book The Rise of The Conservative Legal Movement by Steve Teles. In this post he mentions what he considers "a very important shortcoming" of groups like the Pacific Legal Foundation: namely, the failure to litigate "follow-up" cases to enforce maj ...

by Timothy Sandefur I will be speaking at the MORR conference on Redevelopment Abuse in Anaheim on Saturday. That's the Municipal Officials for Redevelopment Reform. Also on the bill are Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle, Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby, Orange County Register columnist Steven Greenhut, and Dr. Mindy Fullilov, author of Root Shoc ...

by Timothy Sandefur I will also be speaking at the Americans for Prosperity Summit in Topeka, Kansas on Wednesday, March 19. More info here. … ...

by Timothy Sandefur The Missouri Supreme Court yesterday issued a short opinion allowing the third class city of Arnold, Missouri to use eminent domain to condemn land owned by PLF client Homer Tourkakis and transfer it to a private developer to construct a multimillion dollar shopping center. As you can see by comparing the opinion … ...

Here is the Pacific Legal Foundation's press release regarding the Missouri Supreme Court's decision yesterday. … ...

by Timothy Sandefur Here's an unusually good story on the Missouri Supreme Court's Tourkakis decision. Excerpt: With the ruling, Tourkakis said his belief in an individual's right to own property might be a myth. And, while he admits the whole experience has been unpleasant and exhausting, he has no misgivings about what he and his  ...

by Timothy Sandefur Columnist Paul Jacob has this excellent editorial on the Tourkakis case. Excerpt: In this case, Arnold v. Tourkakis, the judges one-upped the infamous Kelo decision, ignored the state constitution, and overruled the lower court's good sense. All to give Arnold the power to abuse eminent domain. This may not sound like much, ...