| Litigants: | Cole v. La Grange |
| Submitdate: | December 8 |
| Submityear: | 1884 |
| Decidedate: | January 5 |
| Decideyear: | 1885 |
| Fullname: | Cole v. City of La Grange |
| Usvol: | 113 |
| Uspage: | 1 |
| Parallelcitations: | 5 S. Ct. 416; 28 L. Ed. 896; 1885 U.S. LEXIS 1645 |
| Majority: | Gray |
| Joinmajority: | unanimous |
Cole v. City of La Grange, 113 U.S. 1 (1885),[1] was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court ruled on the use of eminent domain to benefit a private corporation.
The city of La Grange attempted to use eminent domain to condemn property for the benefit of La Grange Iron and Steel Company to expand that served no public benefit.
The Court held that the Missouri legislature could not authorize La Grange to issue bonds to assist corporations in their private business.
The case was cited in the dissenting opinion of Justice Thomas in Kelo v. City of New London, .[2]