[Beagle8U]

"How come we never see outrageous jury awards against cities for seizing property like we do against tobacco, drug & other companies. All it takes is for one jury to award, say $150 million and this crap will dry up and blow away."

You wont see that because the state/city would appeal the case until the property owner runs out of money to pay his attorney.

[Little Pig]

Not to mention that an award like that would come right out of the pockets of the city residents, in the form of increased taxes. Cities have no source of income beyond taxpayer money in one form or another.