[JayGalt]

Could someone please post support for the prevalent theory that Trump convinced the town to file the eminent domain?

The statement supports a point of view but I see no justification for making it. I have looked into the agency involved and it oversaw development in multiple communities then and now. It has overseen many projects, a significant proportion of them involved eminent domain, and looking over the list Trump’s casino was only one such project, and a relatively small one at that.

Did all the developers involved strong arm the board or did it believe the developments were in the town’s interest?

[Hoodat]

CRDA v. Banin

Trump's name appears 61 times in the judge's decision. From paragraph 2:

These three cases involve a challenge to Casino Reinvestment Development Authority's (CRDA's) attempt to exercise its power of eminent domain. CRDA and Trump seek a judgment determining that CRDA is duly vested with the power of eminent domain and has appropriately exercised the power. . . .

[Abby4116]

Most of the property owners were paid well for their properties and left. Really, the 1 million she was offered in 1980 (fifty times what she paid for it) would have been a fair offer to most people.