Business Law and the Legal Environment 7th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson

Exercise 5

Consider Kelo v. City of New London, in which a city with a revitalization plan squared off against property owners who did not wish to sell their property. The key constitutional provision was the Takings Clause in the ___________ Amendment. The Supreme Court decided the city ____________use eminent domain and take the property from the landowners. (a) Fifth; could
(b) Fifth; could not
(c) Fourteenth; could
(d) Fourteenth; could not