Hirtz v. Texas

ELR Citation: ELR 21538
No(s). 91-6145 (5th Cir. Oct 14, 1992)

The court vacates a district court decision which held that a state-imposed public easement over private beachfront property is not a compensable taking and that the risk that some property would be lost to the sea was assumed at purchase. The circuit court holds that the Eleventh Amendment bars the...