Legal Opinion
Goldstein v. Pataki
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 7, 2008No. Docket 07-2537-cvPublishedCited by 334 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:
Few powers of government have as immediate and intrusive an impact on the fives of citizens as the power of eminent domain. For affected property owners, monetary compensation may understandably seem an imperfect substitute for the hardships of dislocation and the loss of a home or business. But federal judges may not intervene in such matters simply on the basis of our sympathies. Just as eminent domain has its costs, it has its benefits, and in all but the most extreme cases, Supreme Court precedent requires us to leave questions of how to balance the two to the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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