High court OKs personal property seizures

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Majority: Local officials know how best to help cities

Thursday, June 23, 2005; Posted: 10:50 a.m. EDT (14:50 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses -- even against their will -- for private economic development.

It was a decision fraught with huge implications for a country with many areas, particularly the rapidly growing urban and suburban areas, facing countervailing pressures of development and property ownership rights.

The 5-4 ruling represen

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/23/scotus.property.ap/index.html

[jojo54]

1. Score one more for Bushco and his corporate buddies

This is assinine. Pure bully tactics.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. the only problem is that this was the liberal side of the court

doing the bidding of corporations...all of the conservatives came down on the dissenting side...

The supreme court fucked up today...HUGE.

theProdigal

[Lannes]

3. Walmart is drooling over this

One more way for low and middle income class people to get shafted.This country is going to hell.It doesnt even have to be for the public good its for greedy corporations and developers.Just sick.

[wtbymark]

4. looks like Ginsburg was the sellout

[underpants]

5. Emminent Domain is new? Needs to be reviewed?

That's news to me

[patcox2]

9. You are right, nothing new at all here.

Eminent domain has always been. Bush used it to get his stadium for the Texas Rangers.

This all comes down to your state's eminent domain law. If your state's law says the state or local government can do it even for private development, then they can. Some do, some don't. Anyone pissed at the Supreme Court should be pissed at their state legislatures and local governments.

By the way, some people also seem to miss the fact that the property owners receive fair compensation, usually FMV. In most contested cases, they get higher than market price. I have worked these cases, there is nothing shocking here.

[Hugin]

6. Tear houses down to build new houses?

It doesn't make sense. Unless you're the guy selling
the new houses.

Ca-ching!

[GiovanniC]

7. Oh, It Makes Perfect Sense

Throw out those pesky poor and elderly people... raze those houses.

Build new condominium complexes that sell for $750,000 each.

BIG $$$$$$$

Just like every other damn thing, it all comes down to BIG $$$$$$.

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