I don’t think you read my comments. I’m fine with Mrs Coking not selling. I’m fine with the judgement in her favor. I’m not fine with painting the town as villains for deciding that they needed to attract tourism to Atlantic City. That’s why courts exist to balance disparate interests.
We as a country have given towns the right to decide on zoning, redistricting, eminent domain and a host of other things. If we want to abridge those rights or parse them differently then we can legally. There is no reason to push the meme of villains here. The legal system exists as a break and functioned that way.
Atlantic City was one of the defendants in the case.