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1996 Utah L. Rev. 1211 (1996)
The Origins of Regulatory Takings: Setting the Record Straight

handle is hein.journals/utahlr1996 and id is 1221 raw text is: The Origins of Regulatory Takings: Setting the Record Straight Kris W. Kobach TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. THE MYTH OF HOLMESIAN CREATION ........ ........ 1215 II. THE EARLY ORIGINS OF REGULATORY TAKINGS IN STATE ADJUDICATION ........................... 1223 A The Interpretive Framework ................... 1223 B. The Sources of Takings Law .................. 1229 C. Takings of Riparian Uses ..................... 1234 D. Takings of Uses of Nonriparian Property ......... 1245 E. Takings of Access Rights ..................... 1250 F. Takings Stemming from the Necessitation of Expenditures .............................. 1253 G. Overview ................................. 1259 JII. 1870-1877: THE SUPREME COURT REQUIRES COMPENSATION ................................ A Recognition ............................... B. Retreat ................................... 1265 1266 1276 IV. CONCLUSION .................................. 1285 Recent Supreme Court decisions recognizing regulatory takings, most notably Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council,' have added considerable fuel to the ongoing debate over the meaning of the * Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri (Kansas City) School of Law. A.B., 1988, Harvard University, M.Phil., 1990, Oxford University; D.Phil., 1992, Oxford University;, J.D., 1995, Yale Law School. I am grateful to Bruce Ackerman, Rogers Smith, Robert Gordon, and Richard Epstein for their helpful comments and advice. 1. 505 U.S. 1003 (1992) (holding Fifth Amendments Takings Clause requires compensation to be paid to landowners if regulation or legislation denies them all economically viable use of their land and such intended use does not violate back- ground principles of nuisance and property law). 1211