GlobeSt.com UPDATE: Lawyers Petition Court to Rehear Kelo Case

NEW LONDON, CT-The Institute for Justice, which represents the plaintiffs in the recently decided Kelo v. City of New London eminent domain case, filed a petition on behalf of the area’s property holders asking the US Supreme Court to reconsider its 5-4 ruling. Similar actions have been taken by the court only a handful of times over the past 25 years.

“We will be the first to admit that our chances of success with this motion are extremely small, but if there is any case that deserves to reheard by the Supreme Court, it is the Kelo case,” says Scott Bullock, senior attorney at the Washington, DC-based legal group. “Rarely does a Supreme Court decision generate such uniform and nearly universal outrage,” adds Chip Mellor, president of the institute.