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To: Diddle E. Squat

From tyhe syllabus:

"The city’s determination that the area at issue was sufficiently distressed to justify a program of economic rejuvenation is entitled to deference. The city has carefully formulated a development plan that it believes will provide appreciable benefits to the community, including, but not limited to, new jobs and increased tax revenue. As with other exercises in urban planning and development, the city is trying to coordinate a variety of commercial, residential, and recreational land uses, with the hope that they will form a whole greater than the sum of its parts. To effectuate this plan, the city has invoked a state statute that specifically authorizes the use of eminent domain to promote economic development."


396 posted on 06/23/2005 9:28:48 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury

More from the syllabus:

"Because that plan unquestionably serves a public purpose, the takings challenged here satisfy the Fifth Amendment. P. 13."


397 posted on 06/23/2005 9:30:03 AM PDT by Fury
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