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Full-Text Articles in Law
A Prudential Exercise: Abstention And The Probate Exception To Federal Diversity Jurisdiction, Christian J. Grostic
A Prudential Exercise: Abstention And The Probate Exception To Federal Diversity Jurisdiction, Christian J. Grostic
Michigan Law Review
Ann-Marie Brege's parents established an irrevocable trust in 1985, with Ann-Marie as sole beneficiary. When Merrill Lynch Trust Co. took over as trustee years later, however, the trust's principal dropped sharply, losing over half its value in just a few years. Ann-Marie sued in Michigan probate court, alleging that Merrill Lynch had violated its legal duties in administering the trust. Since Ann-Marie was from New York and Merrill Lynch had its headquarters in New Jersey, Merrill Lynch had an apparently easy argument for diversity jurisdiction. In an unremarkable turn of events, Merrill Lynch filed a notice of removal to federal …
Community Forests: A Perspective, Robert Mccullough
Community Forests: A Perspective, Robert Mccullough
Community-Owned Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned (June 16-19)
22 pages.
"Robert McCullough teaches in the University of Vermont Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. He wrote The Landscape of Community: Communal Forests in New England."
Slides: The Trust For Public Land: Conserving Land For People, Ernest Cook
Slides: The Trust For Public Land: Conserving Land For People, Ernest Cook
Community-Owned Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned (June 16-19)
Presenter: Ernest Cook, Senior Vice President, Conservation Finance Program, The Trust for Public Land, Boston, MA
19 slides
Slides: Coolbough Natural Areas: Community Forest, Brooks Township, Michigan, Dale Block
Slides: Coolbough Natural Areas: Community Forest, Brooks Township, Michigan, Dale Block
Community-Owned Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned (June 16-19)
Presenter: Dale Block, Brooks Township Forest, MI
35 slides
Michigan Supreme Court Overturns Landmark Eminent Domain Case, Patricia E. Salkin
Michigan Supreme Court Overturns Landmark Eminent Domain Case, Patricia E. Salkin
Scholarly Works
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Eminent Domain And The "Public Use": Michigan Supreme Court Legislates An Unprecedented Overruling Of Poletown In County Of Wayne V. Hathcock, John E. Mogk
Law Faculty Research Publications
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Community Redevelopment, Public Use, And Eminent Domain, Patricia E. Salkin, Lora A. Lucero
Community Redevelopment, Public Use, And Eminent Domain, Patricia E. Salkin, Lora A. Lucero
Scholarly Works
Published just weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court handed down their controversial decision on Kelo v. City of New London in 2005, this article, in correctly predicting the outcome of the Supreme Court opinion, explores in Section I how the concept of what constitutes a public use has evolved over the decades from traditionally accepted uses such as public roads, buildings (e.g., government buildings and schools), and utilities to urban redevelopment. It explains how the broad concepts of community redevelopment have been stretched to encompass needed economic development projects that promise jobs, tax revenue, and other public benefits similar to …