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November 21, 2005

After Eminent Domain Win, Project Goes Nowhere

The NY Times
by William Yardley

Five months after the United States Supreme Court set off a national debate by ruling that the City of New London could seize their property through eminent domain to make way for new private development, no one has been forced to leave. ...
Even though the holdouts lost their case, and the development that would displace them finally seems free to go forward, construction has not begun, and some elements of the project have been effectively paralyzed since the court ruling prompted a political outcry.

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Posted by lumi at November 21, 2005 8:35 AM