The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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ISBN: 9781337535878
Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 26, Problem 3BS
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Case summary:The catholic organizations projected to build an individual middle private school in the city P. The organizations asked the redevelopment authority to acquire a specific land and sell them for a nominal price. The land comprised a house owned by a person MS who resided there with her family. The authority offered $12,000 for the house and initiated a taking of the house. The person MS filed a case against the authority and claimed the taking was unconstitutional as the beneficiary was private.
To find:The basis on which the government entity can use the power of eminent domain to acquire the property.
Summary Introduction
Case summary:The catholic organizations projected to build an individual middle private school in the city P. The organizations asked the redevelopment authority to acquire a specific land and sell them for a nominal price. The land comprised a house owned by a person MS who resided there with her family. The authority offered $12,000 for the house and initiated a taking of the house. The person MS filed a case against the authority and claimed the taking was unconstitutional as the beneficiary was private.
To find:The limit on the power of the government entity to acquire land using the power of eminent domain.
Summary Introduction
Case summary:The catholic organizations projected to build an individual middle private school in the city P. The organizations asked the redevelopment authority to acquire a specific land and sell them for a nominal price. The land comprised a house owned by a person MS who resided there with her family. The authority offered $12,000 for the house and initiated a taking of the house. The person MS filed a case against the authority and claimed the taking was unconstitutional as the beneficiary was private.
To find:In which favor the court should rule in the given case.
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