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August 22, 2005

Supreme Court Won't Revisit Eminent Domain Case

Fox News.com, AP

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, given a chance to revisit a heavily criticized ruling, refused Monday to reconsider its decision giving local governments more power to seize people's homes for economic development.

So contentious was the court's narrow 5-4 ruling in the so-called eminent domain case earlier this year that some critics launched a campaign to seize Justice David Souter's (search) farmhouse in New Hampshire to build a luxury hotel. Others singled out Justice Stephen Breyer's vacation home in the same state for use as a park.

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NoLandGrab: No surprises here, the US Supreme Court has very rarely granted rehearings.

Posted by lumi at August 22, 2005 9:59 PM