Court Reverses NJ Eminent-Domain Ruling

Peter Thorne

4/17/2010

New Jersey appeals court has pulled the plug on one of the state’s longest-running eminent domain disputes.

A three judge panel reversed claims Friday by the city of Long Branch that a downtown area was blighted and in need of re-development.

Eminent domain is when the government takes private land for public use or redevelopment in exchange for a “fair price.”

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