Court Opinion

ID: 7586201
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 06:37:05.352887+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:24:35.247829
License: Public Domain

GRIMES, Justice,
concurring.
My review of the record convinces me that the Department of Agriculture did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in ordering the destruction of Polk’s trees. In fact, I share Justice McDonald’s view that this was a reasonable course of action based upon the then-existing knowledge of the experts in the industry. It was only later determined that the threat from this form of canker had been overestimated.
Notwithstanding, I join in the majority opinion because I believe that the state should not be able to destroy a person’s uncontaminated property in order to protect the economic interests of a larger group without the payment of just compensation.