Articles
Stopping development for cheaper condemnation later is a taking
February 17, 2015 | By CHRISTINA MARTIN
The Fifth Amendment requires the government to compensate a property owner when it takes property from a private landowner. To get around the requirement of paying “just compensation,” government entities often get creative. One trick is to depress property values prior to taking the land by excessively regulating land or by announcing ...
Articles
A win for property rights in North Carolina
June 10, 2016 | By MARK MILLER
The North Carolina Supreme Court handed down a victory for property rights this morning in a case Pacific Legal Foundation tracked closely for several years. The facts of the case are straightforward, as we explained in our amicus brief* supporting the property owners: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) created “trans ...