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U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law

Dec. 1, 2016

Property law and the Scalia legacy

Let others worry about the impact of a new justice on issues of race, marriage or bathroom access, I'd like to focus your attention on something closer to home, as it were: property rights — specifically, how Justice Antonin Scalia's property legacy will fare.

Michael M. Berger

Senior Counsel
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

2049 Century Park East
Los Angeles , CA 90067

Phone: (310) 312-4185

Fax: (310) 996-6968

Email: mmberger@manatt.com

USC Law School

Michael M. Berger is senior counsel at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, where he is co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group. He has argued four takings cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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TAKINGS TALK

Let others worry about the impact of a new U.S. Supreme Court justice on issues of race, marriage or bathroom access, I'd like to focus your attention on something closer to home, as it were: property rights - specifically, how Justice Antonin Scalia's property legacy will fare. To ease the suspense, I don't feel there is any need for concern. During the last 30 years, the Scalia viewpoint toward property rights protection has bee...

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