We are pleased to announce the launch of our Decisions of Interest 2009 Web page, featuring detailed summaries of many of our opinions emanating from the 4,371 dispositions that we rendered in 2009. This annual roundup highlights some of the decisions of interest from 2009 which appear on our Web page.1
Eminent Domain
In Matter of Goldstein v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp.,2 an eminent domain case involving the proposed construction of the Atlantic Yards project featuring, inter alia, a sports arena for the New Jersey Nets, the court rejected the petitioners’ argument that the Public Use clause of the State Constitution should be literally interpreted to allow the power of eminent domain to be exercised only where the condemned property is to be held open for use by all members of the public.
