Washington Supreme Court· 3/6/2003

Eggleston v. Pierce County

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148 Wash. 2d 760

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denying a takings claim after police, pursuant to a valid warrant, rendered a house uninhabitable by removing a load-bearing wall because the \[p]olice power and the power of eminent domain are essential and distinct powers of government\
\[Wle are aware of no case that holds or even supports the proposition that the seizure or preservation of evidence can be a taking.\
“clearly, not every government action that takes, damages, or destroys property is a taking”
police, in seizing evidence of a crime, removed load bearing walls, thus rendering a home uninhabitable; held, the damage claim was not cognizable under state and federal Takings Clauses
police, in seizing evidence of a crime, removed load-bearing walls, thus rendering a home uninhabitable; held, the damage claim was not cognizable under state and federal takings clauses

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Judges: Alexander, Chambers, Ireland, Sanders

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