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Eminent Domain In The Wake Of The Kelo Decision, Matthew J. Rogers
Eminent Domain In The Wake Of The Kelo Decision, Matthew J. Rogers
Honors Theses
The controversial Supreme Court decision, Kelo v. The City of New London, allowed a local government to utilize eminent domain to transfer land from one private entity to another in order to enhance economic development. In response, state governments rushed to pass legislation in order to curtail the use of eminent domain. State governments, however, struggled to pass meaningful eminent domain legislation, since many powerful forces, such as major corporations, stood in their way. Opponents of eminent domain claim that the politically weakest in our society, namely the poor and racial minorities, are saddled with the resulting hardship emanating from …
Eminent Domain: The Unintended Consequences Of Kelo, Tracy Lynn Bower
Eminent Domain: The Unintended Consequences Of Kelo, Tracy Lynn Bower
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
In recent years, local governments in the United States have increasingly used eminent domain to promote economic development, raising concerns among property-right advocates over what those advocates view as unlawful, or what should be unlawful, takings of private property in order to benefit another private property owner. This philosophical and legal dispute reached a crisis point in the 2005 United States Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London. In that decision, the court narrowly upheld a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling granting the City of New London permission to redevelop land that had been seized from existing homeowners …
What Constitutes A Taking Of Private Property For A Public Use, Louis Hiram Kilbourne
What Constitutes A Taking Of Private Property For A Public Use, Louis Hiram Kilbourne
Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection
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