The Endangered Species Act and Claims of Property Rights "Takings"
Description:
This report first outlines the ESA provisions most relevant to the act’s impacts on private property, and then surveys the major ESA-relevant principles of Fifth Amendment takings law. The report then proceeds to its core topic: the court decisions adjudicating whether government measures based on the ESA effect a taking of property under the Fifth Amendment. The cases address four kinds of ESA measures: (1) restrictions on land uses that might adversely affect species listed as endangered or t…
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Date:
March 9, 2005
Creator:
Meltz, Robert
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department