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A city rezones a residential block to commercial use to allow for a new shopping center, hoping to increase the local tax base. One homeowner on the block refuses to sell to the shopping center developer.
Can the city use eminent domain to take the home and sell it to the private developer?
- Yes, if the taking serves a valid public purpose such as economic development
- No, the government cannot take land from one private owner to give to another
- Yes, but only if the owner is paid double the market value
- No, eminent domain can only be used for government-owned buildings like schools
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