Hawley v. South Bend, Indiana Department of Redevelopment

— Pursuant to the authority of the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, IC § 18-7-7-1 et seq [Burns 1974], the South Bend Redevelopment Commission declared the downtown section of that city to be a “blighted area”. Property within the “Central Downtown Urban Renewal Area” was acquired by the Commission with a view toward redevelopment by private investment. The project was challenged by remonstrators. At the hearing before the Commission, the resolution was modified and the project confirmed. The remonstrators appealed to the St. Joseph Superior Court where the decision of the…