Landmark Decision Provides for Greater Federal Property Rights Suits
by Jake Madden on June 26, 2019
posted in Recent Court Decisions, U.S. Supreme Court,
On June 21, 2019, the Supreme Court paved the way for property owners to sue local, county, and state governments in federal court. In a 5-4 decision in Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, 588 U.S. ___ (2019) the United States Supreme Court overruled the precedent set by Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City, 473 U.S. 172 (1985). ... Continue Reading
