081239P.pdf   07/14/2009  Minneapolis Taxi Owners  v.  City of Minneapolis
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1239
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Bowman and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Constitutional law. Minneapolis ordinance uncapping the
   number of taxi licences did not amount to an unconstitutional taking of
   private property requiring compensation under the Fifth Amendment as
   the holders of the licenses did not have a protected property interest in the
   value of the licenses on the secondary or re-sale market; as the holders of
   the licenses did not have a protected property interest, the ordinance does
   not violate their due process rights; because the plaintiffs' complaint does
   not allege a relationship between its member-licensees and the licensed
   service companies affected by the new ordinance's provisions on fuel
   efficiency and wheel-chair access, they cannot show an injury in fact and
   do not have standing to raise an unconstitutional-exaction claim.