Institute for Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to End Colorado Law Allowing Neighbors to Engage in Eminent Domain Abuse

 
“Imagine if two of your neighbors got together, claimed they established a new town, and then “voted” to take your property from you using eminent domain. Crazy, right? Not in Colorado, where the owners of Woodcrest Homes are battling a competing developer’s attempt to use eminent domain to take their property.

After battling in the courts for the last four years, today the Institute for Justice has partnered with Woodcrest to formally petition the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve whether the Constitution allows private developers to grant themselves the right to use eminent domain to seize someone else’s private property for their own gain.”
 
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Wilson, J. Justin. Institute for Justice 7 November 2019.