Download This PaperAnalysis: Do You Get a Jury Trial in Federal Condemnation Cases?
2 Pages Posted: 31 Mar 2020 Last revised: 18 May 2020
Date Written: March 5, 2020
Abstract
Are you entitled to a jury of your peers when the federal government wants to condemn your property? If so, who does a better job at accurately assessing a property’s value — juries or experts? Finally, who values property higher — government experts or laypeople?
The answers might surprise you.
Keywords: Seventh Amendment, Civil Jury Project, Constitutional Law, Wanling Su, University of Virginia Law Review, New York University, Takings Clause, Historical Test, Laypeople v. Experts, Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, Darrell A.H. Miller, Federal Rule
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