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Jack Fields: If I, as an adjoining property owner, do something to diminish your right as an adjoining property owner, I have a civil…

On the recordMarch 2, 1995
If I, as an adjoining property owner, do something to diminish your right as an adjoining property owner, I have a civil cause of action. But what we are talking about here is the homeowner, if there is a taking of that homeowner because of a wetland or an endangered species declaration, that homeowner has the exact same right as the property developer if they have a wetland or endangered species declaration. There is no difference.
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Jack Fields
Texas

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Discussing property rights in relation to wetland and endangered species declarations.

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