While the cast list says that Sandra Day O'Connor is the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, she never held that position. However the movie is correct in showing her as the presiding justice at the oral argument where just seven justices were present. Chief Justice Rehnquist was absent due to illness. Associate justice Stevens was also absent due to a travel delay. However both those justices did participate in the final 5-4 decision.
Susette Kelo's home 8 East Street, New London, CT was not situated on the water as shown in the film. It was a block away.
The film screened at the Capitol at the Capitol Theater in Washington D.C. Democrat Representative Jamie Raskin from Maryland and Republican Representative Dana Rohrabache from California, signed on to this bi-partisan congressional screening.
The Walthrop College in the movie is fictional and does not exist in real life. The fictitious institution represented the actual Connecticut College (abbreviation: Conn) which is a private liberal arts college situated in New London, Connecticut, USA.
The movie has been likened to such legal fight against big business pictures as Erin Brockovich, seule contre tous (2000) and Préjudice (1998).
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