I read that if they come for my house and property they have to give me compensation. They can't just kick me out on the street.
It has always been that way and the folks in this case were not fighting about the compensation - they were fighting because their property was being taken not for public use (roads, bridges) but for private use (condos and offices).......in other words they felt the city had over stepped the bounds on using eminent domain
In all of the battles against smoking bans we have fought the idea that private businesses were public places what this ruling basically says is they are right, because creating tax revenue and jobs (economic development) is a "public use" according to this ruling, even if it is a private developer.