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The U.S. Supreme Court invited such abuses with its 2005 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London , which blessed the use of eminent domain to promote economic development by transferring property ...
Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development does not violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
The Mississippi Supreme Court recently affirmed a Biloxi landowner's right to a disputed portion of land secured by the Spanish government in 1784. The decision is one that could throw the state's ...
It was the most prominent in a series of cases which had increased the scope of 42 USC § 1983 in actions against local governments. [14] The decision left open the issue of unequal provision of services according to wealth and for this reason some commentators doubted its wide applicability. [15] [16] The 1976 Supreme Court case Washington
The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the court of last resort in the state. [25] The state constitution grants the Supreme Court broad jurisdiction to review cases that raise questions of law. It only has original jurisdiction over legal cases arising from actions taken by the Mississippi Public Service Commission to alter utility rates and in ...
Will Bardwell, Democracy Forward attorney, speaks during the oral arguments for Midsouth Association of Independent Schools et. al. vs. Parents for Public Schools at the Mississippi Supreme Court ...
Even as attorney Cliff Johnson made arguments to the Mississippi Supreme Court in 2023 challenging the constitutionality of state-appointed judges in a new municipal court in downtown Jackson, he ...
Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994), more commonly Dolan v.Tigard, is a United States Supreme Court case. [1] It is a landmark case regarding the practice of zoning and property rights, and has served to establish limits on the ability of cities and other government agencies to use zoning and land-use regulations to compel property owners to make unrelated public improvements as a ...