650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) "Except From A Vending Machine...." : Recent Developments in Eminent Domain Law June 30, 2010 Presented by: John C. Murphy, Esq. Murphy & Evertz, LLP

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) “ Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ” Dwight D. Eisenhower

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) “If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.” Kurt Lewin

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) “Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine.” Robert C. Gallagher

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Legislative Trends

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Suzette Kelo “This has nothing to do with me. I’m nothing, I’m a nobody. This is every U.S. citizen, every American. No homes, no properties, no farms. Nothing is safe anymore.”

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714)

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Three Reasons – Less Major Legislative Reform ● No Real Constituency ● Downturn In Economy ● Sophisticated Opponents

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Downturn In Economy "If a legislator wants to hurt job creation in Mississippi during this recession and forever after, a vote to override this veto is the best way to achieve that terrible outcome."

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) “You would never build any big thing in any big place in any big city in this country if you didn’t have the power of eminent domain.” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Judicial Overview ● About 190 Noteworthy Federal And State Published Opinions. ● About 20% Federal Courts. 80% State Courts. ● Wide Range of Issues - - From Public Use To Regulatory Takings.

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Eight Trends ● End To Kelo-Based Legislative Reform ● Remedies For Relocation Act Violations ● Fewer Judicial Limitations On Right-To-Take ● Uneconomic Remnant Rules Reformed ● Business Goodwill Rules Adopted By More States ● Special Purpose Properties Rules Adopted By More States ● Access Impairment Rules Rationalized ● More ADR/Mandatory ADR

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Relocation Assistance Opinions ● Delancey v. City of Austin, (5 th Cir. 2009) 570 F.3d 590 (Texas) ● Washington Mutual v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority, (App. Div. 2009) 889 N.Y.S. 2d 172 ● Waller v. America Transmission Co. LLC, (Wis. App. 2009) 776 N.W. 2d 612

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Pretextual Eminent Domain Opinions ● Township of Readington v. Solberg Aviation Co., (N.J. App. Div. 2009) 976 A.2d 1100 ● City of Stockton v. Marina Towers LLC, et. al., (2009) 171 Cal. App. 4 th 93

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714)

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Public Use Opinions ● Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corporation, No. 125, Slip Op. (N.Y. June 24, 2010) ● Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corporation, (N.Y. 2009) 921 N.E.2d 164 [13 N.Y.3d 511]

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Professional Liability ● Kearney v. Foley & Lardner LLP, (9 th Cir. 2009) 582 F.3d 896 (California)

650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 550, Costa Mesa, CA (714) Factors Behind The Trends ● More Tolerance of Government Economic Activism ● Focus On Job Creation/Stimulus ● Changing Judiciary ● Stare Decisis ● Lessons of History ( )

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