The $37 million inverse condemnation judgment against the City of Half Moon Bay, California by the US District Court for the Northern District of California is having some repercussions, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle:
Under the worst-casescenario, officials say, Half Moon Bay would become the first Bay Areacity forced to dissolve, and the
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Columbia University (one of my alma maters) is located in historic Morningside Heights in New York City’s borough of Manhattan. It has a beautiful campus — an urban oasis with easy access to both downtown and the west side bridges and tunnels — which it wants to expand into the Manhattanville neighborhood on the other…
The Judiciary’s web site posts mp3’s of Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals oral arguments, usually the day after the session. It is an invaluable resource, both to the public and to attorneys desiring to sharpen their appellate advocacy skills or hear details of recently argued cases.
However, the latest audio files from the…
From January 3 – 5, 2008, ALI-ABA is putting on its annual program of eminent domain seminars, this time in San Francisco, California. Two programs are being offered: “Condemnation 101: Fundamentals of Condemnation Law and Land Valuation” for those who want a course on the basics, and “Eminent Domain and Land Valuation…
Here are the latest filings in the federal lawsuit by the Maui Vacation Rental Association against the County of Maui. The court asked for further briefing on the due process claim. The plaintiff’s supplemental brief is here, and the County’s supplemental brief is here.
Previous posts on the case, including prior briefs and…
The Wall Street Journal posts “Whose Beach Is This Anyway,” a story about how shoreline erosion is resulting in legal disputes nationwide over ownership and building setbacks.
The story notes Hawaii’s Diamond v. Bd. of Land and Nat. Res., 112 Haw. 161, 145 P.3d 704 (Oct. 24, 2006), a case which I…
The County of Hawaii Planning Department has issued Memorandum No. 07-20 (Oct. 3, 2007) setting forth the County’s reevaluated practices in reviewing development applications “to see whether an environmental assessment is needed under Chap. 343 [the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act.]” The bottom line is set forth on page 2:
Planners will have to review the…
Do primary voters choose candidates or do they choose parties? The Honolulu Advertiser posts an interesting story about a possible federal constitutional challenge to Hawaii’s system of open primary voting, “Hawaii Democrats may sue to close primaries.”
Under article II, section 4 of the Hawaii Constitution:
no person shall be required to…
Professor Ilya Somin posts “If You Ever Build It, Maybe Some Economic Development Will Come – The New London Development Project Since Kelo.”
However, two and one half years after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city and some seven years after the condemnation proceedings were first initiated, little or no…
There’s an interesting discussion going on over at The Volokh Conspiracy about the recent $37 million inverse condemnation/regulatory takings federal judgment against the City of Half Moon Bay, California. I wrote about the decision here and here.
The comments to Professor Somin’s post are particularly thought-provoking, especially the ones dealing with whether the decision…
