Suit Filed Against Arlington Over Land For New Stadium
Eleven property owners sued the city of Arlington “to stop officials from taking
their land” to build a new Cowboys stadium, according to Mark Agee of the FT.
WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM. The suit alleges that “using powers of eminent domain to
condemn homes for a football stadium violates various parts of the Texas Constitution.”
Glenn Sodd, the homeowners’ attorney, said, “Forcibly taking my clients’ property
from them to give to another private property owner –- I can’t imagine anyone
thinks that’s fair, or American, or legal.” But Arlington City Attorney Jay Doegey
said that “this area of law is mostly settled. Condemnation cases against Arlington
have involved many of the same issues, and the city’s power to take property was
overturned in none of them.” The suit states that the city is “violating the law
because eminent domain is only legitimate in cases where land is taken for ‘public
use,’ such as to build roads or schools.” City officials have “touted the stadium,
in terms of jobs and sales tax revenue, as a public benefit.” The U.S. Supreme
Court ruled in June that economic development was a justifiable use of eminent
domain powers (FT.
WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 7/27).
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