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  2. Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property - Wikipedia

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    As a corollary to this exception, a landowner has superior claim over a find made within the non-public areas of his property, so if a customer finds lost property in the public area of a store, the customer has superior claim to the lost property over that of the store-owner, but if the customer finds the lost property in the non-public area ...

  3. Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill - Wikipedia

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    Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that: . certain public-sector employees can have a property interest in their employment, per Constitutional Due Process.

  4. Eminent domain in the United States - Wikipedia

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    That view ended in 1896 when, in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago case, the court held that the eminent domain provisions of the Fifth Amendment were incorporated in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and thus were now binding on the states, or in other words, when the states take private property ...

  5. Historic preservation plan hinges on public interest - AOL

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    And it depends upon renewed public interest. The 10-year plan, developed by the state’s historic preservation office, serves as a guide to local governments and organizations to approach the ...

  6. Eminent domain - Wikipedia

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    Most states use the term eminent domain, but some U.S. states use the term appropriation or expropriation (Louisiana) as synonyms for the exercise of eminent domain powers. [47] [48] The term condemnation is used to describe the formal act of exercising the power to transfer title or some lesser interest in the subject property.

  7. Public trust doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine has also been used to provide public access across and provide for continued public interest in those areas where land beneath tidally influenced waters has been filled. In some cases, the uses of that land have been limited (to transportation, for instance) and in others, there has been provision for public access across them.

  8. Public open space - Wikipedia

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    owned by 'public' body (e.g. a not-for-profit organization) and held in trust for the public; owned by a private individual or organization but made available for public use or available public access, see privately owned public space (POPS) 'Open' can mean: open for public access; open for public recreation; outdoors, i.e. not a space within a ...

  9. Public space - Wikipedia

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    Public space is commonly shared and created for open usage throughout the community, whereas private space is owned by individuals or corporations. The area is built for a range of various types of recreation and entertainment.