Regulatory Taking: Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court Judgment in Murr

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Pichayamon Jarueksoontornsakul

Abstract

On June 23, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision in Murr v. Wisconsin provided more specific guidelines in the 1978 case, Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, for courts to use in defining “the relevant unit of property” to perform regulatory takings. This article analyzes whether the Supreme Court made the right judgment in applying the three factors of the Penn Cent. Transp. Co. test, especially the first factor, the extent of economic impact, by considering guidelines from previous regulatory taking cases.


เมื่อวันที่ 23 มิถุนายน 2560 ศาลสูงสุดสหรัฐอเมริกาได้ตัดสินคดีพิพาทระหว่าง Murr กับรัฐวิสคอนซิน ด้วยมติ 5 ต่อ 3 ในการกำหนดความหมายของ “ที่ดินที่เกี่ยวข้อง” สำหรับใช้ในการพิจารณาการเวนคืนที่ดินโดยบทบัญญัติกฎหมายเพิ่มเติมจากแนวทางที่ศาลในคดีระหว่างบริษัท Penn Central Transportation Co. กับนิวยอร์ก ได้เคยตัดสินเป็นบรรทัดฐานไว้  บทความฉบับนี้เขียนขึ้นเพื่อวิเคราะห์ว่าศาลสูงสุดสหรัฐอเมริกาได้ตัดสินในคดีดังกล่าวถูกต้องแล้วหรือไม่ ภายใต้หลักเกณฑ์ 3 ประการที่ศาลในคดี Penn Central Transportation Co. ใช้สำหรับพิจารณาการเวนคืนที่ดินโดยบทบัญญัติกฎหมาย โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งหลักเกณฑ์เรื่องขอบเขตของผลกระทบในทางเศรษฐกิจ โดยพิจารณาจากแนวทางของศาลในคดีก่อน ๆ

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References

Books
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Cases
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Collins v State Highway Com., 66 P.2d 409 (Kan. 1937)
Commonwealth v Alger, 61 Mass. 53 (1851)
Coniston Corp. v Hoffman Estates, 844 F.2d 461 (7th Cir. 1988)
Crowley v Christensen, 137 US 86 (1890)
Dolan v City of Tigard, 512 US 374 (1994)
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v Los Angeles County, 482 US 304 (1987)
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Hearts Bluff Game Ranch v State, 381 S.W.3d 468 (Tex. 2012)
Hodel v Irving, 481 US 704 (1987)
Kaiser Aetna v United States, 444 US 164 (1979)
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Klopping v City of Whittier, 8 Cal. 3d 39 (1972)
Lingle v Chevron U.S.A., Inc., 544 US 528 (2005)
Littlejohn v Fink, 190 N.W. 1020 (1922)
Loretto v Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp., 458 US 419 (1982)
Lucas v S.C. Coastal Council, 505 US 1003 (1992)
Mayor of New York v Miln, 36 US 102 (1837)
McCarran Int'l Airport v Sisolak, 122 Nev. 645, (2006)
McQueen v S.C. Coastal Council, 580 S.E.2d 116 (S.C. 2003)
Mugler v Kansas, 123 US 623 (1887)
Murr v Wisconsin, 137 S. Ct. 1933 (2017)
Palazzolo v Rhode Island, 533 US 606 (2001)
Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v New York City, 438 US 104 (1978)
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v Mahon, 260 US 393 (1922)
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Regulations
16 U.S.C. § 1274(a)(9) (2008)
16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544 (1994)
33 U.S.C. §§ 203(5)(E)-(F), 1251-1387 (1994)
46 U.S.C. § 103 (2006)
St. Croix County, Wis., Code of Ordinances ch. 17.36(I)(4)(a) (Jul. 2007)
U.S. Const. Amend. V and XIV

Other Materials
Miriam Seifter, ‘Argument preview: Defining the denominator in regulatory takings law’ (SCOTUSblog, 14 March, 2017) preview-defining-denominator-regulatory-takings-law/> accessed 1 August 2018
The Municipal Research and Services Center, ‘Regulatory Takings’ (Explore Topics) (Oct. 9, 2017) Regulatory-Takings.aspx.> accessed 1 August 2018