The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled on another "takings" case involving a truck-stop on Interstate 90:
South Dakota’s Supreme Court told a trial court today to take another look at a case in which the owners of an Interstate 90 truck stop near Rapid City claimed the state owes them money for closing Exit 66 and damaging their business.
The high court said the truck stop and the state rushed the issue. The court record given to them on appeal wasn’t complete enough for the justices to determine whether a property right was taken, the unanimous opinion said.
At issue is the Flying J, a truck stop and convenience store that was located at Exit 66, the I-90 exchange that was once on the main road into Ellsworth Air Force Base. Some years ago, Air Force officials became worried that development around the exit – near the end of a main runway – created what they called an “accident potential zone.”
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