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Justice __________ Once Wrote, "…The Right of Eminent Domain, That

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Justice __________ once wrote, "…The right of eminent domain, that is, the right to take private property for public uses, appertains to every independent government. It requires no constitutional recognition; it is an attribute of sovereignty. The clause found in the Constitutions of the several States providing for just compensation for property taken is a mere limitation upon the exercise of the right. When the use is public, the necessity or expediency of appropriating any particular property is not a subject of judicial cognizance . . ."


A) Hugo Black
B) Louis Brandeis
C) Stephen J. Field
D) Charles Evans Hughes

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