Louisiana Supreme Court Rules Property Owners are Entitled to Compensation After Sewerage Board Caused Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Damage
July 05, 2024
July 05, 2024
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 5 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on July 1, 2024:
On Friday, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that governments that take private property must actually pay for what they take, rejecting a local sewerage board's argument that it had fulfilled its constitutional duty to pay "just compensation" by giving property owners what amounted to an unenforceable IOU. The Institute for Justice (IJ), which submitted an amicus br . . .
On Friday, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that governments that take private property must actually pay for what they take, rejecting a local sewerage board's argument that it had fulfilled its constitutional duty to pay "just compensation" by giving property owners what amounted to an unenforceable IOU. The Institute for Justice (IJ), which submitted an amicus br . . .