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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 Institute for Justice (IJ) is a non-profit public interest law firm in the United States. [4] [5] [6] It has litigated twelve cases before the United States Supreme Court dealing with eminent domain, interstate commerce, public financing for elections, school vouchers, tax credits for private school tuition, civil asset forfeiture, and residency requirements for liquor license.
The firm has only represented property owners whose property has been taken or damaged by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or by other government action in inverse condemnation actions. The firm has won precedent-setting cases in the field of takings law, including Commissioner of Highways v.
Toby Prince Brigham (November 24, 1934 – March 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and scholar in the fields of property rights and eminent domain.In addition to his law practice, Brigham involved himself with organizations and events aimed at educating and informing attorneys and legal scholars about property rights law, and the constitutional rights associated with property ownership.
Scott G. Bullock is an American lawyer who has focused on property rights issues such as eminent domain and civil forfeiture. [2] [3] He has been president and Chief Counsel at the Institute for Justice since 2016, [4] a nonprofit libertarian public interest law firm. [2] He represented Susette Kelo in Kelo v.
The state's eminent domain policies shifted after residents fought a controversial condemnation in 1981 for General Motors' plant, now known as Factory Zero, in Detroit's Poletown neighborhood.
The case laid the foundation for the Court's later important public use cases, Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff, 467 U.S. 229 (1984) and Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005). Critics of recent occurrences of eminent domain uses trace what they view as property rights violations to this case.
A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia ...