Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington, No. 01-1325 (U.S. Supreme Court) (538 U.S. 216; 123 S.Ct. 1406) (March 26, 2003) (Justice Stevens)
Here, by a 5 to 4 vote, the Court affirmed a Ninth Circuit en banc decision which held that an assessment program on interest generated by lawyers' trust accounts ("IOLTA") to pay for legal services for the needy does not constitute an unlawful taking.
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