Texas Supreme Court July 3, 2014, No. 12-0483 (Porretto v. Texas General Land Office)

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United States · · · 03-07-2014

Chief Justice HECHT

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal issue before us is whether the State’s repeated recharacterization of private property as public constitutes a compensable taking under Article I, Section 17(a) of the Texas Constitution.1 Though the State’s conduct is troubling, it is not a taking.

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