BOSTON - Thirteen years ago Saturday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a private organization could legally use eminent domain powers granted by the city to seize private property in a seaside Connecticut neighborhood and hand it over to another private corporation in the name of economic development.The 5-4 ruling in Kelo vs. City of New London - which revolved around a divorcee who sought a new start in life in the working-class Fort Trumbull neighborhood only to have the [...]
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