Court Opinion

ID: 9752876
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 18:41:51.033319+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:24.306258
License: Public Domain

FLAHERTY, Justice,
dissenting.
The majority sanctions the wielding of unchecked governmental power over the rights of property owners for a purpose not traditionally governmental, i.e. taking from one to give to another. At the least minimal due process would require the opportunity for one whose property is to be placed in jeopardy to be heard on the issue of blight which will conclusively determine whether a prospective taking is for a governmental purpose sufficient to invoke the power of eminent domain. I sense the majority is adopting an “end justifies the means” approach and I view it as a dangerous precedent. I dissent.
PAPADAKOS, J., joins in this dissenting opinion.