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Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development does not violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. 631 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case about government seizure of property for unpaid taxes, when the value of the property seized is greater than the tax debt. A unanimous court held that the surplus value is protected by the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause.
Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26 (1954), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that interpreted the Takings Clause ("nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation") of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The U.S. Supreme Court invited such abuses with its 2005 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London , which blessed the use of eminent domain to promote economic development by transferring property ...
The U.S. Supreme Court waded in on the issue last year, ruling unanimously that Hennepin County, Minnesota, violated the Constitution when it seized an elderly woman's home over a property tax ...
So the government seized her home in 2021, sold it, and kept the $102,636 profit, despite a 2020 Michigan Supreme Court decision that had ruled the practice unconstitutional.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952), also commonly referred to as the Steel Seizure Case or the Youngstown Steel case, [1] was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that limited the power of the president of the United States to seize private property.
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that whether a regulatory act constitutes a taking requiring compensation depends on the extent of diminution in the value of the property. [1] The decision thereby started the doctrine of regulatory taking.