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Ninth Circuit’s “goofy factor” opens door to Supreme Court review of rent control

February 04, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: R. S. Radford It’s widely known that the Supreme Court reverses the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals more often than any other court on the planet.  This is not just because the Ninth is the largest of the federal circuits.  It has more to do with the fact that such a large proportion of … ...

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Takings victories made harder

March 24, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: R. S. Radford Professor Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago is universally acclaimed as one of the nation’s foremost champions of private property rights. This well-deserved reputation dates back to his classic 1985 text, Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain. The Cato Institute, a Washington, DC think tan ...