St. Mary's Law Journal
Abstract
On March 11, 2020, Mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, (the Mayor) forced the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo to close in order to slow the transmission rate of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). This use of the Mayor’s police powers caused a severe economic disruption, which the Rodeo is still recovering from today. This Article makes the case that the City’s forced closure of the Rodeo was a compensable taking under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article 1, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution—regardless of the fact the City acted pursuant to its police powers. Such a finding is necessary to ensure the protection of private property rights and prevent the public from loading upon one individual more than his just share of the burdens of government.
First Page
125
Last Page
151
Date Created
4-2021
Publisher
St. Mary's University School of Law
Editor
Melissa Fullmer
Recommended Citation
Emilio R. Longoria,
The Case for the Rodeo: An Analysis of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Inverse Condemnation Case Against the City of Houston,
52
St. Mary's L.J.
125
(2021).
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https://commons.stmarytx.edu/thestmaryslawjournal/vol52/iss1/4
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