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February 10, 2010
The fight over blight
DJC Oregon
by Edward Sullivan and Carrie Richter
Five years after the dust has settled from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. City of New London, the private homes of Fort Trumbell, in the city of New London, Conn., have been removed, the land has been cleared, and Pfizer, the employer slated to move in and improve the city’s tax base, has similarly gone with the wind. Yet the ghosts of Kelo remain. Upon first issuance, the Kelo decision caused an uproar, spurring 43 states, including Oregon, to pass regulations precluding the condemnation of land for private purposes. New York, however, was not one of them. The appellate courts of New York have recently issued two diverging decisions that considered the meaning of “blight.” Those decisions might be instructive to other states, including Oregon.
Posted by eric at February 10, 2010 9:29 PM