City of Charlotte v. Cook

I must respectfully dissent because I believe this decision, while satisfying two of our corporate giants, works a grave injustice upon innocent and powerless people and impairs the law on the taking of private property for a public purpose.

The simple and uncontroverted facts in this case are as follows. The City of Charlotte (the City) is building a pipeline to carry water from an intake center on Lake Norman to a new treatment plant for the purpose of providing the City with additional drinking water. The proposed route crosses defendant Cooks’ family dairy farm. The design calls for the…