Enviros Rejoice: Court Says Land Regulation Doesn't Go 'Too Far'

"In a major property rights decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a decisive victory to state and local governments and environmental groups.

By a 5-to-3 vote, the justices made it much harder for property owners to get compensation from the government when zoning regulations restrict the use of just part of landowners' property.

The Constitution bars the taking of private property by the government without just compensation. The Supreme Court, for a century, has said that when the government goes 'too far' in regulating property — so as to make that property economically unusable — the government also has to compensate the owner."

Nina Totenberg reports for NPR June 24, 2017.

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