Coming to a town near you: what limits to eminent domain?

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(Note: Norwood is a blue collar Cincy 'burb)

From today's Cincinnati Enquirer: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060112/NEWS01/601120364

What limits on eminent domain?
Norwood case is key national test

By Jon Craig
Enquirer Columbus Bureau


COLUMBUS - The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether it was legal for Norwood to seize two homes and a business for economic development. It's the first test nationwide of last year's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on property rights.

Justices focused on Norwood's definition of eminent domain that it argues allowed it to take "deteriorating" property. State law typically protects neighborhoods unless they are deemed "blighted."

Attorney Dana Berliner of the Institute for Justice, which is representing three property owners, said that by Norwood's definition, communities across Ohio could be condemned if they have mixed zoning, dead-end streets or heavy traffic.

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1. Was Alito asked about Kelo v. New London?

Regrettably it was the liberals on the court who voted the wrong way in that case.