Evolution of eminent domain rules through cases decided in front of the supreme court of the United States of America

Abstract

The topic of this Article will be an analysis of different decisions that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided. Considering the long history and great number of decisions that this Court has ruled, this paper will focus on the decisions regarding Eminent Domain (Expropriation). More precisely, we will focus on the cases that we consider to be the most important ones when it comes to this topic. By doing so, we will try to provide a thorough overview of how these decisions and the precedents they set changed the application of the rule on Eminent Domain in the United States through time. This overview will also show us how access to justice in questions of limiting private property through Eminent Domain changed and whether these decisions made justice more or less accessible.