On February 4, 2006, residents of Weare, New Hampshire, voted down a proposal to evict US Supreme Court Justice David Souter from his farmhouse in that town, and instead called for the state legislature to strengthen laws regarding eminent domain. The vote was 94-59 against eviction. California resident Logan Darrow Clements initiated the eviction campaign in response to the Supreme Court's June 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which permitted a local government to take property privately owned by one party and transfer it to another in furtherance of economic development.
Learn more about eminent domain from the JURIST news archive.
Add This Day at Law to your RSS reader or personalized portal:
E-MAIL
Subscribe to This Day at Law alerts via R|mail. Enter your e-mail address below. After subscribing and being returned to this page, please check your e-mail for a confirmation message.
MyBlogAlerts also e-mails alerts of new This Day at Law entries. It's free and fast, but ad-based.
Monday, February 04, 2013
SYNDICATION
