This wouldn't be too bad in practice (athough still bad in principle) if
the city reckoned compensation on the basis of the resultant commercial
zoning. E.g., Individual A's property is a% of the total area whose
commercial value is $X million, so s/he gets a% of $X million rather
than "fair market value" of the residence being taken.

Perce


On 06/24/05 10:57 am G Henslee tossed the following ingredients into the
ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._scotus29.html