Supreme Court grants raisin takings case

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] granted two cases [order list, PDF] on Tuesday. In Horne v. Department of Agriculture [docket; cert. petition, PDF] the court will hear its second case of the term on the Fifth Amendment [text] takings clause. The court will consider whether a party can raise the takings clause as a defense when charged by the government to transfer funds, rather than raising the claim after already complying with the government's mandate. The court will...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/supreme-court-grants-raisin-takings-case.php

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