Not quite accurate. Seven of the nine Justices on that "liberal"
Supreme
Court, were appointed by Republicans. Secondly, while I think the
ruling
was a travesty, the New London Development Corporation was "a private
nonprofit entity established some years earlier to assist the City in
planning economic development", but it hardly fits most people's
definition of a "private developer." The ruling hinged on "public
use",
not private gain.

Well thunder the case you cite is only one. There is a whole counry
outside of New London. In one Maryland county the county exec. tried
to take a large number of homes and small business in a waterfront area
and give it to private DEVELOPERS for the purpose of RETAIL
DEVELOPEMENT. These were homes and business that people have owned for
years. This was before the Supreme Court decision. The people went
nuts and the county exec. was stopped. The people are now wondering if
he will try again. This is just a way for big time developers to get
land a bargin prices and get in bed with those in office.