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• Minnesota League of Cities: <br /> "Cities have new reason to think carefully about municipal <br /> regulations , especially those involving zoning and building <br /> matters . " <br /> Jerome G. Rose, professor of urban planning , Rutgers University : <br /> "What the decision means is that if zoning starts to get so <br /> harsh , onerous and restrictive that it can be characterized as <br /> confiscatory , then compensation must be made . " <br /> James Fischer , president of the National Association of <br /> Homebuilders : <br /> "It is the most important land-use decision in the United States <br /> since 1926 , when the Court first declared zoning constitutional . <br /> And it is recognition by our nation ' s highest court that under <br /> the constitution landowners are entitled to compensation when <br /> their land is made useless by zoning , planning , environmental and <br /> other land-use restrictions . " <br /> Robert R. Best, lawyer for the Pacific Legal Foundation : <br /> • "I don ' t think it is going to have much impact on the local <br /> treasuries . The reaction should be a more careful and <br /> responsible regulatory conduct , given the difficulty of proving a <br /> regulatory taking . " <br /> Joyce Holmes Benjamin, lawyer for the National Association of <br /> Counties and the National League of Cities : <br /> "Now , it ' s a lot of litigation . We ' ll know more about the <br /> decision ' s impact after we run a few more cases through . " <br /> Rick Slowes , assistant solicitor general , Minnesota Attorney <br /> General ' s office : <br /> "It opens up what we see as a can of worms , not only for the <br /> state , but for local governments . It ' s going to make it more <br /> difficult to do the kind of planning they ' ve been doing . " <br /> Jim Tripp, Counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund : <br /> "This case will spawn litigation right and left" . <br /> • <br /> 3 <br />