Judicial taking
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A judicial taking is a court decision that deprives a property owner of a pre-existing right. It is the judicial analog to eminent domain.
First proposed by Justice Potter Stewart, four U.S. Supreme Court justices have embraced the protection of property owners against judicial takings.