The US Supreme Court wrapped up its January sitting with two oral arguments Wednesday morning.
At issue in Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania is whether a plaintiff must use up state court remedies prior to bringing a Fifth Amendment takings claim. In this case, the township, after finding burial markers on the petitioner’s land, said that the petitioner must make her land accessible to the public as a cemetery. The petitioner filed a lawsuit in state court, which is pending, so she later filed in federal court.