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- Per Justice Stevens, "the question presented is whether the city's proposed disposition of this property qualifies as a "public use" within the meaning of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution."[1]
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- This article incorporates public domain material from judicial opinions or other documents created by the federal judiciary of the United States.
- ^ Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005).