New Supreme Court Ruling Proves Once Again: No Firm Taking Standard
- William Fulton
- Jun 27, 2017
- 5 min read
For 30 years now, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to create a firm standard for takings of property via regulation. Land use situations are all different – they often involve quirky facts about land ownership and some type of diminution of value via regulation, but it’s really hard to generalize. And you never know what kind of weird situation will pop up next time around. All you know is that it’s likely to be something that never occurred to you. Which drives conservatives crazy.
