A lot is being written about Friday’s Supreme Court opinions in Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647 (U.S. June 21, 2019) (including us). Here’s a sampling.
- In Private Cemetery Case, Supreme Court at Last Buries Rule Denying Property Owners Their Day in Federal Court (Ilya Shapiro, Cato).
- In Property Rights Case, Justices Sharply Debate Power of Precedent (Adam Liptak, New York Times)
- Supreme Court bolsters rights for developers and property owners in California and elsewhere (David Savage, Los Angeles Times)
- A “view” from the courtroom: “We break no new legal ground” (Mark Walsh, SCOTUSblog)
- Opinion analysis: Court overrules takings precedent, allowing more suits in federal court (Miriam Seifter, SCOTUSblog)
- Supreme Court Overturns Precedent In Property Rights Case. A Sign Of Things To Come? (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
- Supreme Court Paves Route to Sue Over Cemetery Law (Jack Rodgers, Courthouse News Service)
- US Supreme Court allows property owners to file takings claims directly in federal court (Carrie Thompson, Jurist)
- U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Itself – Property Owners Can Have their Day in Federal Court (Ben Rubin, California Eminent Domain Report)
- Clarence Thomas Benchslaps the Federal Government in a Property Rights Case (Damon Root, Reason)
- Rose Knick on her Supreme Court win: “Doing the Constitution the way it’s supposed to be” (Kathy Hoekstra, Pacific Legal Foundation)
- The Supreme Court Rights a Property-Rights Wrong (Timothy Sandefur, Goldwater Institute)
- Kagan Sounds New Alarm as Supreme Court Scraps Another Precedent (Tony Mauro, National Law Journal)
- Supreme Court Overrules Precedent that Created “Catch-22” for Property Owners Attempting to Bring Takings Cases in Federal Court (Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy)
- High Court Finds Landowner Has A Path To Federal Court (Andrew McIntyre, Law360)
Check them out.