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Today, the Cato Institute hosts a forum on Cornerstone of Liberty,

Property Rights in 21st Century America.

A new book by Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Timothy Sandifer, which deals in large part

with the encroachment on property rights since Kilo.

Scott Bullock, senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, and a speaker at the recent Cato University

seminar on Timothy Sandifers book was co-counsel in a kilo decision and argued on behalf of property

owners. Scott is our guest for today's podcast.

Did the Norwood case have any impact on how the outcome of the Kilo decision was viewed

by legislators and developers?

Well, the Norwood case is extremely important. It is the first state Supreme Court case that addresses eminent domain post kilo.

And the Ohio Supreme Court completely rejected the Supreme Court's rationale in the Kilo case

and said that we were going for protections for home and small business owners under

our own state constitution.

So that hopefully will serve as a real benchmark for other state Supreme Courts when they interpret their own state constitutions and address this issue.

And we'll also encourage state

legislatures to completely reject Kilo and to go in the direction of

preventing the abuse of eminent domain for private development.

Your colleague Dana Berliner stated abuse of eminent domain for private development.

Your colleague Dana Burliner stated that the Ohio decision was a reaction to the use of eminent

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