Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v. Debenedictus
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Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v. Debenedictus, 480 U.S. 470 (1987) was an important United States Supreme Court case regarding the interpretation of a "taking." The court upheld a Pennsylvania law which limited coal mining that caused damages to buildings, dwellings and cemeteries through subsidence. Despite the fact that the law required 50% of the coal beneath those structures to be left in place, a 5 to 4 decision written by Justice Stevens found that the law did not constitute a regulatory taking under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Justices Rehnquist, Powell, O'Conner and Scalia dissented.
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