City of Chicago v. Barnes

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “it does not follow that because the land may later be sold to a private developer its taking and clearance cannot have been for a public purpose”
• \it does not follow that because the land may later be sold to a private developer its taking and clearance cannot have been for a public purpose\
• “it does not follow that because the land may later be sold to a private developer its taking and clearance cannot have been for a public purpose”
• “the fact that there may be some sound buildings in the slum and blighted area is no defense to the proceedings. Property may be taken which, standing by itself, is unoffending, for the test is based on the condition of the area as a whole.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).