US Supreme Court Confirms Farmers’ Private Property Rights
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/06/21
On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid held in a 6–3 decision that Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 20900(e)(1)(c)—which granted union organizers a right of access to private farm property for 120 days per year, up to three hours a day—constituted a per se taking of the farmer’s property in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The dispute arose when the owners of Cedar Point Nursery and Fowler Packing...
By: Downey Brand LLP