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GOLDBLATT v. HEMPSTEAD

No. 78.

369 U.S. 590 (1962)

82 S.Ct. 987

8 L.Ed.2d 130

GOLDBLATT ET AL. v. TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton I. Newman argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were John J. Bennett and Edward M. Miller.

William C. Mattison argued the cause for appellee. With him on the briefs were Richard P. Charles and Mario Matthew Cuomo.

John F. Lane and Jerome Powell filed a brief for the National Crushed Stone Association, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Town of Hempstead has enacted an ordinance regulating dredging and pit excavating on property within its limits. Appellants, who engaged in such operations prior to the enactment of the ordinance, claim that it in effect prevents them from continuing their business and therefore takes their property without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment...

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