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Both sides claim victory after Supreme Court rules Texas rancher can sue state over flooded lands
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The Supreme Court ruled that ranchers and other property owners can move forward with a Fifth Amendment lawsuit claiming Texas highway construction flooded their lands.
But in an unusual twist, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is also claiming victory, stating the court's decision protects "the ability of Texas to handle compensation disputes under State law for any allegedly taken property." Hannah Ray Lambert is an associate producer/writer with Fox News Digital Originals.
DeVillier's family has lived in Winnie, Texas, since the early 1900s when his great-grandfather homesteaded the land. In all that time, their 900 acres had never flooded because water naturally flowed south to the Gulf of Mexico, DeVillier said.
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