Eminent Domain Reaches Supreme Court
People on both sides of the Ratner stadium debate are closely watching what is happening witht the Eminent Domain case now before the Supreme Court. The lawyers for the town of New London, Connecticut stated that it would be acceptable to force the demolition of a Motel 6 to make way for a Ritz-Carlton simply…
People on both sides of the Ratner stadium debate are closely watching what is happening witht the Eminent Domain case now before the Supreme Court. The lawyers for the town of New London, Connecticut stated that it would be acceptable to force the demolition of a Motel 6 to make way for a Ritz-Carlton simply because is would generate more tax revenue. Seems to be a pretty dangerous precedent indeed.
How Eminent Is A City’s Domain [NY Newsday]
Property Rights and the Courts [Christian Science Monitor]
It’s interesting, I get an email from ProprtyShark every week detailing recent property transfers, and in the last three weeks it shows that Ratner has recently bought up 6 more properties in the proposed arena project area.