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Property Owners Constitutional Challenges Private Property

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Land Use Challenges Showcase What’s There for the ‘Taking’

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The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that “No person shall be… deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just...more

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Rhode Island Shoreline Property Case Could Have Wider Impact

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Hinckley Allen claimed an important win for private property rights in Rhode Island last week. In Roth v. Rhode Island, Hinckley Allen challenged the constitutionality of newly enacted state legislation that significantly...more

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Supreme Court Sets Stage for Widespread Challenges to Real Estate Development Impact Fees

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on April 12, 2024, that the "Takings Clause" enshrined in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applies equally to legislative and administratively imposed land use permitting fees. Since...more

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Tennessee Circuit Court Strikes Down Tennessee Law Allowing Warrantless Searches of Private Property by State Wildlife Officials

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On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, a three-judge panel of the Circuit Court for Benton County, Tennessee, issued an order declaring that Tennessee Code Annotated § 70-1-305(1) is unconstitutional, unlawful, and unenforceable, and...more

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Amendments to Florida's Private Property Rights Protection Act (“Harris Act”) take effect on October 1, 2021

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The Takings Clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from depriving an owner of private property for public use without “just compensation.” Governmental action burdening private property does not always...more

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