Property Seizure Backlash. Adam Karlin.
by Karlin, Adam; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 27Environment. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Economic development projects | Eminent domain | Municipal government | Right of property | State legislatures | United States Supreme Court -- DecisionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In Lodi, N.J., hundreds of trailer park residents may soon be squatters if the city decides their homes are hurting land values. In East Baltimore, the Baltimore Development Corp. wants to turn 2,000 largely vacant properties into a biotech park. In New London, Conn., a cluster of homes will be bulldozed to make way for hotels and health clubs. Such seizures of private property, while not new, are drawing new controversy." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses the nationwide backlash to "the June 23 [2005] Supreme Court ruling in the case of Kelo v. City of New London" that local governments may use the legal principle of eminent domain to take "private land for public use--even when...doing so to foster private development." The ruling has spurred "homeowner outrage and legislative action" as "state lawmakers from New York to Alaska are urging limits on when a 'public use' justifies the seizure of land."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Property Seizure Backlash, July 6, 2005; pp. n.p..
"In Lodi, N.J., hundreds of trailer park residents may soon be squatters if the city decides their homes are hurting land values. In East Baltimore, the Baltimore Development Corp. wants to turn 2,000 largely vacant properties into a biotech park. In New London, Conn., a cluster of homes will be bulldozed to make way for hotels and health clubs. Such seizures of private property, while not new, are drawing new controversy." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses the nationwide backlash to "the June 23 [2005] Supreme Court ruling in the case of Kelo v. City of New London" that local governments may use the legal principle of eminent domain to take "private land for public use--even when...doing so to foster private development." The ruling has spurred "homeowner outrage and legislative action" as "state lawmakers from New York to Alaska are urging limits on when a 'public use' justifies the seizure of land."
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