NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit reversed the lower court’s order siding with a homeowner in McKinney, Texas, whose property was damaged when police officers used armored vehicles, explosives and toxic-gas grenades to resolve a hostage situation. The takings clause does not require compensation for damaged property when the destruction was necessary to prevent imminent harms in an active emergency.
Read the ruling here.
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