Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case that Might Have Led to Overruling of Kelo v. City of New London

Susette Kelo's famous "little pink house," which became a nationally known symbol of the case that bears her name. (Institute for Justice.)

 

Today, the Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari in Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, a case in which the Institute for Justice sought to persuade the Supreme Court to overrule Kelo v. City of New London (2005). Kelo was the controversial case in which the  Court held that the government could use eminent domain to take property in order to promote private "economic development," even though the Fifth Amendment says property can only be taken for a "public use."