Facts of the Case
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The city of Los Angeles passed an ordinance that prohibited establishing or operating a brick yard or kiln anywhere in the city. The owner of such a business, Hadacheck, was convicted of a misdemeanor for violating the ordinance even though he had started his business before it was passed. Since a brick yard was not a nuisance under state law, Hadacheck argued that enforcing the ordinance against him violated the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution because it was a taking of property without just compensation.
Transaction Costs and Property Rights: Or Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group Newsletter - Volume 1, Issue 2, Spring 1997
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