Forum discusses the promises and perils of using eminent domain in public policy following the Hercules City Council vote to oust a Wal-Mart store.
Eminent Domain as Public Policy
Forum discusses the promises and perils of using eminent domain in public policy following the Hercules City Council vote to oust a Wal-Mart store.
Guests:
Jesse Choper, the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at Boalt Hall
Lee Rosenthal, partner at Goldfarb & Lipman, a law firm representing public agencies and affordable housing developers
Samuel Staley, director of urban and land-use policy at the Reason Foundation
Gale Conner, partner at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, a law firm representing the city of Hercules