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Palazzolo v. Rhode Island: The Muddy Waters in the Swamp That is U.S. Wetlands Takings Law Just Became Murkier


by Keith A. Onsdorff
Reed Smith LLP View Firm Credentials
Princeton Office

May 14, 2004

On June 28, 2001, the United States Supreme Court issued its most recent decision on how far State programs for wetlands protection can go in limiting a landowner's use of property before such limitations become a "taking" of property for which compensation must be paid pursuant to the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.


 

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