Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Latvia) - Satversmes Tiesa

Date: 10/21/2009

Subject: The Constitutional Court, also applying the Court of Strasbourg’s jurisprudence and recalling the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, has stated the constitutional illegitimacy of Article 1, Section 1, of law “On Expropriation of Immovable Property for the Needs of the Border Checkpoint Terehova”, because in contrast with the right to property.

Parties: Limited liability company “Ziemelu – Rietumu Tranzīts” and Andris Līpacis

Original language: Latvian

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 17 Right to property - Citizens’ rights - Art. 41 Right to good administration by the bodies of the union

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