Supreme Court Affirms States' Right to Take Private Property for General Economic Development

by Lewis S. Wiener View Biography
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June 20, 2006

Previously published on June 24, 2005

Addressing property takings issues for the second time this term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that States may exercise their power of eminent domain and condemn private property to promote a community's general economic benefit. In its much anticipated but sharply divided ruling in...

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