On Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled:
Economic benefit to the community alone isn't enough to satisfy the "public use" requirement for eminent domain.
This is the first direct challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo v New London ruling that argued (from Wikipedia):
...the general benefits a community enjoyed from economic growth qualified such redevelopment plans as a permissible "public use" under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Here's the whole story. I'll keep you posted on developments.
