Property Rights

The Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution provide various protections for property rights. The Supreme Court has applied these protections to state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment.

Top Stories:

Eminent domain concerns buffet wind plans
Date: 5/11/12
Source:  EastBay

Eminent domain is off the table
Date: 5/10/12
Source: QChron.com

City of VB settles eminent domain case
Date: 5/10/12
Source: WAVY.com

Property rights for fracking on the auction block
Date: 5/8/12
Source: WZZM13.com

Parents: Rule’s half-baked
Date: 5/7/12
Source: Boston Herald

Google, authors go head to head over digital books
Date: 5/4/12
Source: Reuters via Yahoo News

State Supreme Court Ponders Burial Property Rights
Date: 4/18/12
Source: NorwalkPatch.com

Oracle depicts Google as software thief as trial over Android technology rights kicks off
Date: 4/16/12
Source: Washington Post

Willets Point United rallies in support of bill limiting eminent domain use 
Date: 4/16/12
Source: NYDailyNews.com

U.S. files price-fixing lawsuit over eBook pricing
Date: 4/11/12
Source: LA Times

Government proposes first carbon limits on power plants
Date: 3/28/12
Source: Reuters

Senate dumps House-passed property-rights bill
Date: 3/28/12
Source: NECN.com

State lawmakers push to take over millions of federal acres
Date: 3/26/12
Source: USA Today

‘Little guy’ wins high court fight over property rights
Date: 3/21/12
Source: CNN