The April 24th edition of the Post-Dispath reports that Clayton and Centene cannot use eminent domain to take property from three business owners:
An appellate court ruled this morning that Centene Plaza Redevelopment Corp. should be barred from using condemnation to acquire properties in the heart of Clayton for its $210-million twin towers, office and retail complex.
In an unsigned opinion, Judges Clifford H. Ahrens, Mary K. Hoff and Nannette Baker of the Missouri Court of Appeals stopped short of pulling the economic plug on the project and overruling a lower court decision authorizing condemnation.
The judge has sent the case on to the Missouri Supreme Court.