ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Vera Coking

Vera Coking is a real person who had a house near a fancy casino in Atlantic City called Trump Plaza. The owner of the casino, Donald Trump, wanted to buy Vera's house so he could tear it down and build a big parking lot for his casino. But Vera didn't want to sell her house because she had been living there for a long time and had a lot of memories there.

So, Donald Trump tried to use the government's power to take Vera's house away from her. He said he needed it for his business and that it was for the public good. But Vera didn't want to give up her house and she fought back. She got a lot of people to support her and they fought in court for a long time.

In the end, Vera won! She got to keep her house and the parking lot was never built. Even though the casino was still there, Vera's house became a symbol of standing up for what you believe in and not letting someone else take away what's important to you.