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.

Open authoritative source

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.