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U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law

Oct. 8, 2018

Taking back takings lawsuits

This term the Supreme Court has a chance to overturn a decades-old decision that kept many property owners out of federal courts.

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Thirty-three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck a serious blow to the constitutional rights of private property owners nationwide. A court decision to overturn the wrongly decided Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank decision will go a long way toward restoring the rights of property owners who have been trampled on by overzealous and abusive state and local governments. On Oct....

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