Legal Opinion
Maryland Port Administration v. QC Corp.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 21, 1987No. 119, September Term, 1986PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODOWSKY, Judge.
Maryland Constitution, Art. Ill, § 40 prohibits the General Assembly from enacting any law “authorizing private property, to be taken for public use, without just compensation____” Taking private property for public use without compensation is also barred by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This case involves whether, by operating a hazardous waste disposal facility on its own land, the State of Maryland has taken adjacent leasehold property of the plaintiff. The Court of Special Appeals concluded that there was sufficient evidence from which a jury could…
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