Which statement best paraphrases Justice Zarella's
dissenting opinion?
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Peter Zarella argued that
"the constitutionality of condemnations undertaken for
the purpose of private economic development depends
not only on the professed goals of the development plan.
but also on the prospect of their achievement."
Presciently, he warned that "[the] record contains scant
evidence to suggest that the predicted public benefit will
be realized with any reasonable certainty and that it was
“impossible to determine whether future development of
the area... will even benefit the public at all."
- The story behind Kelo v. City of New London,"
Ilia Somin
The condemnation of any private property by the
government was unconstitutional
The potential benefit of taking the property for the
public outweighed the owners' rights
It could not be determined with certainty that
developing the property would benefit the public
The property could not legally be earmarked for
public use while it remained privately owned.