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Article: Property seizure by eminent domain receives state Supreme Court review.
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- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- January 12, 2006
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Byline: Jim Provance
Jan. 12--COLUMBUS - The Ohio Supreme Court yesterday weighed into the question of how much protection the state constitution provides private property owners when a city seeks to condemn their homes and obtain the land for shopping centers and condominiums.
The case is the first in the nation to reach a state high court since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its controversial 5-4 ruling in June upholding the right of New London, Conn., to use its power of eminent domain to condemn nonblighted land to pave the way for private development.
That case raised the same legal question of eminent domain that came up when the city of ...