Rose Mary Knick’s roughly 90 acres in Scott Township, Pa., has provided the terrain for the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that burdened property owners in eminent domain suits.

Knick lives there and uses the rest of the land as a grazing area for horses and other farm animals. A small graveyard, allegedly for ancestors of Knick’s neighbors, sits on the property. In 2012, Scott Township adopted an ordinance that required cemeteries be kept open to the public during daylight. The ordinance also authorized certain township officials to enter the property to determine the cemetery’s existence and location.

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