Martingale LLC Bridge the Gap, Inc. v. City of Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation

OPINION

GWIN, District Judge.

In this case, Martingale, LLC (“Martingale”) and Bridge the Gap, Inc. (“Bridge the Gap”) appeal the district court’s ruling permitting the City of Louisville (“City”) and the Waterfront Development Corporation to condemn a structure known as the Big Four Bridge. The Big Four Bridge connects Jeffersonville, Indiana with Louisville, Kentucky. The City and the Waterfront Development Corporation wish to use the bridge as part of a public park, but Martingale and Bridge the Gap contend that the City has no legal power to condemn the bridge.

For the following reasons, the…