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taking of property without due process

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From 282 U.S. 162 - Chicago St Ry Co v. Holmberg · 1930Most cited · 23 citing opinions

The application thus given to the statute deprives plaintiff of property for the private use and benefit of defendant, and is a taking of property without due process of law, forbidden by the Fourteenth Amendment.