The Supreme Court, 8-1 with Sotomayor dissenting, agrees with a Cato Institute brief (earlier) and disagrees with the government: the feds can’t conjure away landowners’ rights as part of the “rails-to-trails” program. Trevor Burrus explains.
Question: What does or should happen if a particular partial taking has a negative value, that is if the partial taking actually increases the value of the remaining parcel beyond the value of the original parcel?
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Question: What does or should happen if a particular partial taking has a negative value, that is if the partial taking actually increases the value of the remaining parcel beyond the value of the original parcel?