Rindge Co. v. County of Los Angeles, 262 U.S. 700 (1923), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a county government could use its power of eminent domain to take land from a private landowner to build a scenic highway.
Background
According to the Adamson House tour guides:
May Rindge of Trenton, Michigan owned of ranch land, much of what has been incorporated into the city of Malibu, California. First, the Southern Pacific Railroad tried to take her land, so, according to the city of Malibu:
The rails were later reused to build Rindge Dam.
Eminent domain
See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 262 17 Mile Drive – A private scenic road on the California coast some 250 miles north of Malibu on the Monterey peninsula. Berman v. Parker – A later case (1954) in the Supreme Court regarding the power of eminent domain. Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway (The railroad that the Rindges built through Malibu)
References
Further reading
External links
Legal Information Institute Annotated Constitution National Eminent Domain Power