Supreme Court Holds in Favor of Property Owners in Takings Case
In a 6-3 opinion the Supreme Court, likening the protection of property rights to the preservation of freedom, held in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid that a California regulation that provided union organizers access to agricultural employers’ property for up to three hours per day, 120 days per year, was a per se physical taking under the Fifth Amendment. While the case was a loss for the State, looming larger in the case was the question of how the decision...