Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Seven homeowners in this small waterfront community lost a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday when justices ruled that City Hall may take their property through eminent domain to make way for a hotel and convention center.
Word of the high court decision spread around Bill Von Winkle's part of town like news of a passing relative. "Hello?" he answered his cell phone. "Yeah, we lost. I know, hard to believe, huh?"
"I spent all the money I had," said Von Winkle, a retired deli owner, of the properties he bought in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood. "I sold sandwiches to buy these properties. It took 21 years."
The court's decision drew a scathing dissent from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who argued the decision favors rich corporations.
Will this recent court action result in the seige of personal property throughout the United States?
Word of the high court decision spread around Bill Von Winkle's part of town like news of a passing relative. "Hello?" he answered his cell phone. "Yeah, we lost. I know, hard to believe, huh?"
"I spent all the money I had," said Von Winkle, a retired deli owner, of the properties he bought in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood. "I sold sandwiches to buy these properties. It took 21 years."
The court's decision drew a scathing dissent from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who argued the decision favors rich corporations.
Will this recent court action result in the seige of personal property throughout the United States?
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