[natrius]

Kelo-style eminent domain is uncommon. The idea is that the land is taken for the benefit of the public, and usually that benefit is direct, like a new highway. In Kelo, the public benefit was the jobs and tax revenue from new private development, which is why it went to the Supreme Court.

[splat]

How do you define uncommon? Here are just a few cases of Kelo-style eminent domain:

http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/current/2010/04/11/from-the-e...

http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/13/private-developers-hav...

http://boortz.com/nuze/alabaster.html

http://www.castlecoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&...

http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view...

http://reason.com/archives/2003/02/01/wrecking-property-righ...