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Jeff Benedict's "The Little Pink House": The Back Story of the Kelo Case, a book review

George Lefcoe, University of Southern California

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Forthcoming in 42 Conn. L. Rev. (February 2010).

Abstract

Little Pink House is a fast paced account by Jeff Benedict of the events surrounding the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London. Along with tracking Benedict’s story line, this review also highlights some of the core legal and policy issues that are an important part of the story for law-trained readers. At the core of the tale is how Kelo and a handful of her neighbors challenged the New London Development Corporation’s (NLDC) use of eminent domain for the economic redevelopment of the Fort Trumbull neighborhood. A libertarian-inspired public interest law firm named the Institute for Justice (IJ) agreed to represent the beleaguered property owners.

Subject Area

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Environmental Law, Housing Law, Land Use Planning, Property-Personal and Real

Recommended Citation

George Lefcoe, "Jeff Benedict's "The Little Pink House": The Back Story of the Kelo Case, a book review" (September 2009). University of Southern California. University of Southern California Legal Studies Working Paper Series. Working Paper 49.
http://law.bepress.com/usclwps/lss/art49

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