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  • Pandemic ruling: State not obligated to compensate business

    06/07/2021 12:49:05 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 22 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | June 7, 2021 | By MORGAN LEE
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that there is no constitutional or statutory requirement to compensate businesses for financial losses due to emergency public health orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling in favor of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham scuttles about 20 lawsuits against her administration. The original plaintiffs argued that aggressive health restrictions from the administration constituted a regulatory taking much like the taking of land for public works projects. The governor urged the Supreme Court to block the lawsuits. In a unanimous opinion from Justice Shannon Bacon, the court said that current public...