Our Views: ; Property Rights Merit Protection; the U.S. Supreme Court Erred in Forcing People From Their Land

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IN 1997, Susette and Tim Kelo paid $50,000 for a two-bedroom Victorian house in the Fort Trumball section of New London, Conn. The neighborhood overlooks the Thames River and Long Island Sound, about 125 miles outside of New York City.

A year later, Pfizer Corp. announced it would build a research facility nearby. That was nice. The city decided to capitalize on the Pfizer facility by developing 90 adjacent acres into an urban village.

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Our Views: ; Property Rights Merit Protection; the U.S. Supreme Court Erred in Forcing People From Their Land

Officials dreamed of building a conference center, hotel complex, offices, condominium...

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