Throughout our Nation's history, the rich and powerful have exploited land opportunities for their benefit and at the expense of small land and property owners. These legal takings include eminent domain, the partition of heirs property, and tax and blight lien foreclosures. The result has been dispossession of the average American._x000D_ _x000D_ This discussion group will explore ways by which the consolidation of real property in the super rich can be redressed, mainly via litigation; will discuss the case of Youngblood v. ConocoPhillips; and will focus on successful lawsuits where the dispossessed have become the repossessed. Ultimately, the discussion group will share their knowledge of and thoughts on how litigation is a viable vehicle to achieve long due justice.
