Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, But Do They Make Good Cents?: A Sought-of-the-Border Fence Guide to Theories of Compensation for Property
Date
2008
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Texas Tech Law Review
Abstract
Addresses whether the federal government is violating the Takings Clause in the U.S. Constitution by denying compensation to owners of the property between the Rio Grande River and the border fence.
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Border fence controversy, Roosevelt Reservation, Texas Border, Defenders of Wildlife v. Chertoff, Potential theories of compensation for south-of-the-fence landowners, Types of taking, Reverse dedication by implication theory, Nuisance theory, Takings Clause
Citation
Morgan Lewis, Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, But Do They Make Good Cents?: A Sought-of-the-Border Fence Guide to Theories of Compensation for Property, 41 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1193 (2008-2009)