Supreme Court of Oklahoma June 29, 2004, 100,064, 100,065 (City of Midwest City v. House of Realty, Inc.)

EDMONDSON, J.

¶ 1 The central issue in this controversy is whether a municipality’s authority to condemn property for economic redevelopment and blight removal is limited to special statutes expressly giving such authority, or in the alternative whether a municipality may condemn property for blight removal and economic development pursuant to a general power of eminent domain.