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Constitutional Law Committee Newsletter

Vol. 7, No. 1, September 2010

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September 2010 Issue

In this issue:

Message from the Co-Chairs
Trish McCubbin and Norman A. Dupont …1

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Protection of Public Access to Florida’s Beaches by Validating Statute on Coastal Restoration and Beach Renourishment over Constitutional Challenge by Private Waterfront Landowners
Bruce J. Berman, David A. Chase, Jeremy T. Elman, Justin B. Uhlemann, Brock Wilson, and Angela Howe…3

Stop the Beach Renourishment: A Win for the State, but a Step Forward for Constitutional Protection of Property Rights
Douglas G. Smith and William H. Burgess…7

What Did You Expect from Swamp Sales, a Happy Ending?
Sidney F. Ansbacher…11

High Court OKs Both Beach Renourishment and the Judicial Takings Doctrine
Ilya Shapiro…20

Why We May Never See a Judicial Takings Doctrine
Daniel L. Siegel …23


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September 2010 Issue

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Section Calendar

September 29 - October 2, 2010
18th Section Fall Meeting
New Orleans, LA

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