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Legal Citation: 438 U.S. 104 (1978)

Appellant
Penn Central Transportation Company

Appellee
City of New York

Appellant's Claim
That New York City had taken its private property in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments when designating the Grand Central Terminal as an historic landmark.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Daniel M. Gribbon

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Leonard J. Koerner

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
26 June 1978

Decision
That the city of New York's designation of the Grand Central Terminal as a...