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ROCKSTEAD v. CITY OF CRYSTAL LAKE

No. 06-1286.

486 F.3d 963 (2007)

Shirley A. ROCKSTEAD and Carol J. Henderson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CRYSTAL LAKE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Opinion April 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constantine J. Gekas (argued), Gekas & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John F. Norton (argued), W. Anthony Andrews, Norton, Mancini, Argentati, Weiler & Deano, Wheaton, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Constitution does not forbid government, to take private property for public use; it merely requires that, if it does so, it pay the owner just compensation. Therefore the Constitution is not violated until the government refuses to compensate the owner. Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank, 473 U.S. 172, 194-95 and n. 13, 105 S.Ct...

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