Analysis: Do You Get a Jury Trial in Federal Condemnation Cases?

2 Pages Posted: 31 Mar 2020 Last revised: 18 May 2020

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Michael Shammas

New York University School of Law; Tulane University School of Law; Harvard Law School

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

Suggested Citation

Shammas, Michael, Analysis: Do You Get a Jury Trial in Federal Condemnation Cases? (March 5, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3549003 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3549003

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