Source for Commentary on U.S. Supreme Court Rulings on ''Takings''.Saul Ewing Saul Ewing LLP is a Philadelphia-based law firm. In addition to their main headquarters (located in the heart of the business district in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,) Saul Ewing has seven Mid-Atlantic regional offices in Baltimore, MD, Chesterbrook, PA, Harrisburg, PA, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol
WHAT: Interpretation and legal commentary on the Supreme Court's
rulings relating to "takings" and eminent domain: Kelo v. City
of New London
WHO: Joel R. Burcat, Partner and Chair of Saul Ewing's
Environmental Law Department. A recognized authority on
regulatory takings law, he has been the author of briefs on
regulatory takings and eminent domain filed with the United
States Supreme Court. He is also the author of numerous
articles and commentary on regulatory takings law and
regularly speaks on issues relating to the Takings Clause.
Full bio: www.environmental-law.us
Regulatory takings backgrounder: www.RegulatoryTaking.com
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The law of eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in allows the government to "take" private land for public use. During this term, the Supreme Court considered 3 "takings" cases, and has issued decisions on two of them. The remaining decision, Kelo v. City of New London Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005)[1], was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another to further economic development. , will have far-reaching implications on the disposition of land annexed by the government for public use, should the anticipated use of the taken land change. Joel M. Burcat is a former Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Counsel to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (now the Department of Environmental Protection), and also formerly served as Special Counsel to the Pennsylvania Senate Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy, and as General Counsel to the National Wilderness Institute. Mr. Burcat is prepared to speak to specific issues relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc regulatory takings, such as the ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of the decisions on local governments and private property owners; the constitutional implications; issues of land valuation; and the balance between private property owners' rights and the government's right to seize property for public use. He writes and lectures regularly on a wide variety of topics relating to the law of eminent domain, regulatory takings and environmental law. He is co-editor of Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice, published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He has provided commentary and/or bylined articles on takings and environmental issues for the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , The Philadelphia Inquirer, EnviroPolitics, Harrisburg Patriot News, Central Penn Business Journal The Central Penn Business Journal is a weekly business newspaper serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania metropolitan area. It has a circulation of approximately 10,000 and is the only comprehensive source of local business information in central Pennsylvania. , and the York Dispatch; and Construction Law & Business, and Land Development Magazine, among others. In June, 2005 he was tapped for commentary by the National Law Journal. A recipient of numerous awards, Mr. Burcat has been featured in Who's Who in American Law since 1994, and in Who's Who in America since 1997. In 2004 and 2005, he was designated a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" by Philadelphia Magazine and Law and Politics Magazine. Saul Ewing LLP is a Mid-Atlantic law firm with 250 lawyers in eight offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . |
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