Kelo v. City of New London
545 U.S. 469 · U.S. Supreme Court
Holding and boundaries
Held that a city's economic-development taking qualified as public use under the Federal Constitution.
Scope and limitations: State constitutions and statutes may impose stricter limits; compensation, process and distributional impacts remain separate.
2 issue placements
Extraction, Land Use & Community Consent
Kelo v. City of New London supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Extraction, Land Use & Community Consent. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: State constitutions and statutes may impose stricter limits; compensation, process and distributional impacts remain separate.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Housing Supply, Zoning & Inclusive Land Use
Kelo v. City of New London rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Housing Supply, Zoning & Inclusive Land Use. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: State constitutions and statutes may impose stricter limits; compensation, process and distributional impacts remain separate.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Publication and provenance
The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.
Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.