Dec 03
WASHINGTON — If you are the owner of beachfront property and the state comes along and widens the beach, do you own the new land or does the state?
“You could have televised spring-break parties in front of somebody’s house,” said Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., arguing that property values were not the only thing at stake in a case the Supreme Court heard Wednesday.In an argument studded with references to spring break, amusement parks and hot dog vendors, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled with that issue.
via NYTimes.com.
[HT: Attorney Tristan Pettit]
