As the second week of the trial gets underway, Campbell is one of at least two high-profile witnesses yet to make an appearance in the case.
She's expected to discuss her involvement in talks with developer Scott Wolstein as early as 2002 about his proposal to build a mixed residential and commercial complex in the East Flats. That was the year she began her first and only term as mayor, and before the Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Port Authority took a role in securing the land for the project.
In its suit against property owners the Port claims the economic benefit to the community Wolstein's project will generate is a public benefit, and it's therefore justified in using its power of eminent domain to acquire the land.
It took the case to trial after the property owners failed to accept the offered price.