A Missed Opportunity to Curtail Eminent Domain Abuse
A Missed Opportunity to Curtail Eminent Domain Abuse
At the end of March, the Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, a case involving a county confiscating a private developer’s land to give it to his business rival. Bryan Bowers, a local developer, was under contract to purchase land in Utica, New York, and planned...