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Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead

369 U.S. 590 (1962)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1962
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Government regulation, if sufficiently onerous, can amount to a taking, but there is no set formula for where regulation ends and a taking begins; the question is essentially one of reasonableness, and the property owner bears the burden of showing the regulation is unreasonable.

Area of Law

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