In The Supreme Court of the United States
ARIYAN INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS DISCOUNT CORNER, ET AL., Petitioners
v.
SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL., Respondents.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Brief of Amici Curiae Reason Foundation, Southeastern Legal Foundation, National Association Of Reversionary Property Owners, and Professor James W. Ely, Jr.,
Question Presented
Does the Fifth Amendment’s self-executing command that the government justly compensate an owner when the government takes private property mean the government must promptly pay the owner or does the owner’s right to compensation depend upon the legislature
