Nets Owner Picks Up another Victory in Quest for Brooklyn Arena

A New York state court has undercut an argument made by Brooklyn landowners and tenants, who argued that Nets owner Bruce Ratner’s use of eminent domain to clear space for a new arena violated the New York Constitution, which imposes a more restrictive standard for the taking of private property than that imposed by the United States Constitution.   In the wake of that ruling, attorney Matthew Brinckerhoff, who represents plaintiff Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, promised an appeal to the