Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Ohio Supreme Court Prohibits Economic Development Takings
The Ohio Supreme Court decided the Norwood case today. I'm on the road and haven't read the full opinion yet, but Ilya Somin has a detailed post on it at the VC.
Ben Barros
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https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/property/2006/07/ohio_supreme_co.html
The NY TIMES article on the case can be found at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/us/27ohio.html
Note a certain fact in the case: all but three of the 70 homeowners sold voluntarily and have already been bulldozed. The holdouts, actually, represent a good argument for eminent domain as a last resort. The Ohio supreme court has just said that 1 homeowner now has veto power over any area-wide redevelopment effort. I repeat my argument made on previous posts that without eminent domain as a last resort tool for redevelopment, there is no way to solve the holdout problem and it confers on each property owner a super-property-right to veto any neighborhood improvments.
Posted by: Kurt Paulsen | Jul 29, 2006 9:52:36 AM