In the inspiring tradition of Erin Brockovich comes a true-life tale of a woman who stood up to corporate greed and government malfeasance-and the shocking Supreme Court decision that rocked the nation.

Susette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased a rundown Victorian cottage perched on the waterfront in New London, Connecticut. The house wasn't particularly fancy, but with lots of hard work Susette was able to turn it into a home that was important to her-a home that represented her newfound independence. Little did she know that the town, desperate to revive its failing economy, wanted to raze her house and others nearby in order to accommodate a Pfizer contract and bring in more tax dollars. Kelo and 14 others refused to sell, so the town decided to exercise its power of eminent domain and condemn the 15 lots. The resulting lawsuit led all the way to the United States Supreme Court, resulting in one of the most surprising-and controversial- judicial rulings in a generation-a case whose reverberations are still being felt across the nation.

Kelo v. City of New London, the case that is the subject of LITTLE PINK HOUSE, produced a fl urry of media coverage and government action, including a presidential executive order, several bills in Congress, and numerous acts of legislation on the state and local level. The author has been working with ABC News producer Rob Wallace on a one-hour televison special based on LITTLE PINK HOUSE. Tales of communities battling injustice can capture the public's imagination, as demonstrated by the national bestselling success of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action (Random House, 1995), which was made into a hit fi lm starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall. The Institute for Justice-the nation's only libertarian public interest law firm-is fully supporting the publication of this book, and will help to spread the word among such infl uential think tanks and organizations as The Cato Foundation, The Manhattan Institute, The Reason Foundation, and The Castle Coalition. Jeff Benedict is considered one of America's top investigative journalists. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including The Mormon Way of Doing Business (Business Plus, 1/07). His work has been published in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Sports Illustrated among other publications, and he has appeared on all of the major television networks.