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
