| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1586 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Wendell Holmes (18411935) |
| QUOTATION: | The general rule, at least, is that while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Justice OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Pennsylvania Coal Company v. H. J. Mahon, 260 U.S. 415 (1922). |
| SUBJECTS: | Regulation |
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