A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a former homeowner has standing under the U.S. Constitution to sue the government when it takes her property for unpaid taxes, sells it and then keeps the windfall in excess of the taxes owed.

In its 9-0 decision, the court sided with a 94-year-old woman in a dispute over money taken from the sale of her condo by a Minnesota county. 

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