Journalist Jeff Benedict is the author of an excellent book on the Kelo condemnations, that I reviewed here. In this Hartford Courant op ed, he discusses the Pfizer Corporation’s recent decision to close down its headquarters in the New London, Connecticut neighborhood where it had previously played a key role in instigating the notorious condemnations […]
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NY Times Blog Discussion on the Implications of Pfizer’s Decision to Abandon its New London Facility Near the Site of the Kelo Takings
By Ilya Somin on November 13, 2009 12:30 pm in Eminent Domain, Kelo, Post-Kelo Reform, Property Rights
The New York Times Room for Debate blog has a forum on the implications of Pfizer’s decision to abandon its New London headquarters. Pfizer and its New London facility had previously played a key role in instigating the condemnations that led to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the use of eminent domain for “economic […]
More on the Implications of Pfizer’s Decision to Close Down its New London Headquarters
Over at the Land Use Prof Blog, property scholar Matt Festa has a good discussion of the implications of Pfizer’s decision to close down its New London headquarters for the ongoing debate over the use of eminent domain to promote economic development. As I explained in this post, the construction of this Pfizer facility was […]
Pfizer Corporation Plans to Abandon New London Headquarters that Led to the Kelo Takings
The Pfizer Corporation has announced that it will close down its headquarters in New London, Connecticut. [HT: my former student Josh Blackman, and other VC readers]. As our regular readers may recall, Pfizer played a key role in instigating the notorious condemnations that led to the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the taking of private property […]