1. What is land-use law? What is its purpose in U.S. law?
2. What is the Takings Clause? Where is it found in U.S. law? What are some benefits resulting from that clause?
3. What are the facts of the lawsuit decided by the Supreme Court? What were the Murrs requesting?
4. What regulations was the county invoking? What are the reasons for those regulations? What are the benefits of that regulation?
5. How did the Supreme Court decide the case? What was the reasoning for that decision?
6. How will this decision affect property law in general? How could it affect property values?