City Uses Eminent Domain to Block a Business Facility from Opening

Where: Illinois

Who: mayors of Burr Ridge, Darien, Hinsdale, and Willowbrook

How: By using eminent domain to acquire the land, they would prevent the re-opening of a medical-device sterilization facility

What is the environmental issue with the facility? A state regulatory agency shuttered the facility over the emission of harmful gases

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