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Rights. >> the government is taking our waterfront property and making it public beachfront property. >> eric: linda and her husband, jim, own the home, and she says their property deed includes the whole beach down to the surf. but when the state tries to save it from erosion by adding sand at the water's edge the new strip becomes public. >> eric: is this your beach. >> this is my beach. >> eric: your land. >> this is my land. >> eric: and the government wants it? >> they want it, and they want it without any cost to them, they just want to take it. >> eric: this is city taking private prope...

Rights. >> the government is taking our waterfront property and making it public beachfront property. >> eric: linda and her husband, jim, own the home, and she says their property deed includes the whole beach down to the surf. but when the state tries to save it from erosion by adding sand at the water's edge the new strip becomes public. >> eric: is this your beach. >> this is my beach. >> eric: your land. >> this is my land. >> eric: and the government wants it? >> they want it, and they want it without any cost to them, they just want to take it. >> eric: this is city taking private prope...

Your back lawn? that's what homeowners here at destin say happens exactly on this beach. this beach is private, and now this case is now before the united states supreme court. we're awaiting a decision on this case, whether or not what happens with the land here when the state of florida pumps new sand along private beaches, does it become public? some of the homeowners here in destin say the state is stealing their beach. this tranquil beach in destin, florida, is actually a battlefield over property rights. >> the government is taking our water front property and making it public beachfront...