Supreme Court To Hear Property Rights Case

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral argument in an important property righst case, Murr v. State of Wisconsin, on March 20, 2017.

The Murr case, for which NAR submitted an Amicus Brief, arises from a Wisconsin’s family’s attempt to sell or develop a small river-front plot of land which they acquired in 1963 for investment purposes.  The family also owns a different, adjacent lot containing a small lake cabin they use for family vacations and recreation. The family of the late William Murr want to sell the vacant parcel, to fund repair of… Read More