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Community Panel to Discuss Eminent Domain and
Redevelopment in the City of Camden EVENT:
Rutgers’ Association for Public Interest Law will host a panel of
distinguished academics and policymakers to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent
holding in Kelo v. New London – its problems and promise – and the
challenges facing current redevelopment efforts in the City of Camden. WHEN:
Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 12:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Rutgers University School of Law 217
North Fifth Street, Camden, NJ 08102 Room 106 City Hall (PATCO) Cooper Street (Riverline) COST:
The event is free and open to the public. Members of the media are
welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Michelle Westcoat at
609-634-5048 or westcoat@camden.rutgers.edu. MODERATOR: Damon Y. Smith, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Law,
Camden PANELISTS: Roger J. Dennis, Provost, Rutgers University School of Law,
Camden Olga Pomar, Attorney, South Jersey Legal
Services Melvin “Randy” Primas, Chief Operating Officer, City of
Camden Dan
Shah, Executive Director, Cramer Hill Community Development
Corporation Carmen Ubarry-Rivera, President, Cramer Hill Resident
Association BACKGROUND The
Kelo v. New London case arose out of a city’s use of eminent domain to
condemn privately owned property as part of its economic redevelopment
plan. The Supreme Court’s landmark
decision in Kelo permitted the condemnation proceedings, holding that
“economic development” satisfied the 5th Amendment’s “public use”
requirement in the exercise of eminent domain. |