This post has nothing whatsoever to do directly with land use law or property rights, but there’s an interesting article on the San Francisco Chronicle’s web site that is too good to resist. “Zen and the art of lawyering” reports on Bay Area lawyers who combat job-related stress by meditation.
July 2007
▪ More on Liu: Good Fences Make Bad Borders?
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▪ Land Use Round-up
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- Eminent domain – “Corporate Takings: why retail giants love eminent domain” at the Weekly Standard.
- Eminent domain – “Robin Hood in reverse.” The Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel’s editorial on the post-Kelo landscape.
- Land use/Equal Protection – Cordi-Allen v. Conlon, No. 06-2300 (1st Cir., July 27, 2007). This decision
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▪ Good Fences Make Bad Borders?
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The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports an interesting AP story from Washington state, “A good fence makes … trouble,” about property owners whose fence on their own property has been threatened by an obscure federal agency:
Herbert and Shirley-Ann Leu were thinking landscaping, not politics,when they built an 85-foot-long concrete wall in their back yard.…
▪ More on Brescia — The Rockstar Angle
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The Honolulu Star-Bulletin has posted a story on the recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision in Brescia v. North Shore Ohana (No. 27211, July 12, 2007), entitled “Rocker’s plans for Kauai home blocked.” According to the story, it turns out the decision in Brescia also impacts a neighboring property belonging to the lead singer of the…
▪ Dissenters’ Kelo Warnings Coming to Pass?
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An article about the aftermath of Kelo by two fellows from the Institute for Justice points out recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau that shows that seems to bear out the Kelo dissenters’ warning that the power of eminent domain is disproportionately laid on the minorities, lower-income, and the less-educated:
According to the data, …
▪ HAWSCT: Estoppel and Shoreline Setbacks
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More on the Supreme Court of Hawaii opinion in Brescia v. North Shore Ohana (No. 27211, July 12, 2007). The Court took up no less than seven points on appeal, but the most interesting to me was the analysis of the estoppel issue.
The case involved Kauai property within the coastal “Special Management Area.” The…
▪ The Dynamics of the Hawaii Land Use Process
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Hawaii Business has posted an interesting article that’s worth a read: “The Line in the Sand.” Subtitled “How Maui Land & Pine and its eco-icon David Cole became the target for community outrage,” the article is a good insider’s look at the interplay between the various parties in Maui’s (and Hawaii’s)
▪ Vested Rights/Zoning Estoppel Dispute Brewing on Kauai
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Two stories in today’s Honolulu papers, “Wal-Mart fights Kauai ban on ‘big-box’ stores,” “Wal-Mart says it will fight for Kauai expansion,” contain all the buzzwords indicating a vested rights and zoning estoppel dispute may be on the horizon. The Advertiser writes:
A recent Kaua’i County ban on new “big-box” stores shouldn’t …
▪ Gideon’s Trumpet – New Eminent Domain Blog
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Professor Gideon Kanner‘s blog on issues in “takings of property, eminent domain, and inverse condemnation” is online. The aptly named Gideon’s Trumpet is a must-subscribe for anyone interested in Professor Kanner’s unique perspective on these issues. Hat tip to PLF on Eminent Domain for calling our attention to this new blog.