This ruling is only on the Takings Clause question: whether the police actions violated the constitutional prohibition against the government taking private pro

This ruling is only on the Takings Clause question: whether the police actions violated the constitutional prohibition against the government taking private property for public use without adequate compensation. Here, the 10th Circuit affirmed the trial court ruling that the Takings Clause did not apply. That decision seems reasonable because this case is not like other Takings clause cases, for a variety of reasons. The defendants may still be liable under negligence or some other theory. But this ruling doesn’t address those possibilities.