Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Town of Gurley v. M & N Materials, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 21, 2012No. 1110439 and 1110507Published
1ConcurrenceBryan, Justice
(concurring in the result in case no. 1110439 and dissenting in case no. 1110507).
The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which applies to both the federal government and the states, see Chicago, B. & Q. R.R. v. City of Chicago, 166 U.S. 226, 17 S.Ct. 581, 41 L.Ed. 979 (1897), provides that private property shall not “be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Alabama’s general eminent-domain provision, § 23, Ala. Const.1901, mirrors the Takings Clause. Section 23 provides, in part: “[P]rivate property shall not be taken for, or applied to public…
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