Armstrong v. United States

Citation

364 U.S. 40 (1960)

Facts

Stub — to be completed.

Issue

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Holding

Stub — to be completed.

Rule

The Takings Clause prevents the government from forcing some people alone to bear public burdens which, in all fairness and justice, should be borne by the public as a whole.

Significance

Articulated the distributional rationale for the Takings Clause; Justice Black’s formulation quoted in virtually every regulatory takings case.

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