A trio of property rights cases: group homes for the disabled, a 20-year permitting process to build two houses, and graveyard access.

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Family care residences: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2018/D03-01/C:17-2773:J:Flaum:aut:T:fnOp:N:2115579:S:0
20-year process: http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/nonpub/A149633.PDF
Graveyard: http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/163587p.pdf

Sheldon’s tweet thread on Cleburne: https://twitter.com/sheldongilbert/status/975587574893961216

IJ’s amicus on Williamson County: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-647/22413/20171204141848160_KNICK%20-%20Amicus%20Curiae%20Brief%20IJ%2012-4.pdf

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