nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
As the number of sellers approaches zero, the value of the remaining properties increases, until at the last, the value of the final of the property is the value of the set of properties. Just compensation in this instance would be the opportunity cost of not developing the New London waterfront, or some millions of dollars.
I’ll likely have more thoughts in this vein after reading the opinion.