longknife
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The feds came in and took 1,500 acres of private land, supposedly to protect The Mississippi Gopher Frog that had not been seen there for more than half a century.
In a unanimous decision, the High Court agreed that the Fish and Wildlife Service could not designate our clients’ property critical habitat unless it showed the property was in fact habitat, which it has yet to do. Further, the Court rejected the agency’s position that its decision was not reviewable by judges. The decision opens the courthouse doors to land owners like Edward Poitevent, who stand up to the federal government when it overreaches.
Now, will the family ever get back the money they lost because of timbering being shut down and what they had to pay in legal fees?
Probably not.
More of this @ SCOTUS returns land rights seized to protect nonexistent frog