state takings

Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following for a long time. In Baker v. City of McKinney, No. 25-40396 (May 22, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit, in an unsigned per curiam opinion approved of the property owner’s “reelection of remedy” to ask for relief under the Texas Constitution, after the original section 1983 just compensation claim was rejected.
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