Decisions on limits to ownership: Pennsylvania Coal v Mahon on when regulation becomes a taking and the Duke of Norfolk's Case on how far a landowner may tie up an estate across generations. A case belongs here when its cited article describes it as a decision on the limits of property rights. It excludes cases on possession. The group is admitted on two decisions that define how far the law lets government or a family settlement restrain what an owner may do.
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Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon (Wikipedia)
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Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that whether a regulatory act constitutes a taking requiring compensation depends on the extent of diminution in the value of the property.
Duke of Norfolk's Case (Wikipedia)
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Duke of Norfolk's Case (1682) 3 Ch Cas 1; 22 ER 931 is an important legal judgment of the House of Lords that established the common law rule against perpetuities.
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