Michael GoldfarbJanuary 18, 2012 11:52

London: bye-bye Occupy

High court rules Occupy movement tents at St. Paul's Cathedral must be removed

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outside The High Court on January 18, 2012 in London, England. The City of London Corporation have won their legal bid to have the Occupy London movement removed from the pavements outside St Paul's Cathedral. (Peter Macdiarmid/AFP/Getty Images)

The Occupy tents went up in October and their presence was immediately controversial. The City of London Corporation, the local government authority for the City (London's financial district where St. Paul's is located) sought to have the camp removed.

Delays in judgment were granted after the Church of England reversed itself and said it would not join in the Corporation's suit. But today, the inevitable judgment ordering the Occupy eviction was made.