Supreme Court Eminent Domain Case 09-381 Denied Without Opinion

1. The Fifth Amendment requires (1)that valuation and payment, with adjustments for rapid increases in property values and delays in payment, are made before taking of private property by government and (2)that owners cannot have property taken without the opportunity to conduct pre deprivation discovery necessary for the preparation of their defense to the taking. Pursuant to its quick action laws, the State of California (1)condemned private property without making valuation, payment and ...