Check out this site, www.branfordtaborrecord.com. It’s published by the property owners in a Connecticut eminent domain fight, and contains the entire trial record. More on the case and the $12.4 million jury verdict from the New York Times here.
2008
Butterfly Effects and Environmental Impact Statements
By Robert H. Thomas on
Posted in Environmental law, Land use law
The Honolulu Advertiser reports that the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii is advocating in favor of a bill limiting the “use” of a state or county road as a trigger to chapter 343 environmental review:
The state Department of Transportation, responding to two previous Supreme Court rulings, asked the state Environmental Council early last…
Post-Kelo Reform Panel Discussion
By Robert H. Thomas on
Posted in Property rights, Public Use | Kelo
The Federalist Society has posted video and audio files of the January 3, 2008 faculty panel on post-Kelo reform. Video is below, audio posted here (21mb mp3).
Eminent Domain and Land Use Round-up
- Professor Gideon Kanner comments on the Ninth Circuit’s recent Matsuda case in “When is an Unenforceable Contract to Condemn, Enforceable?.” I commented on the decision here and here.
- Today’s oral arguments in Missouri Supreme Court in the Tourkakis appeal, a case of an attempted taking for economic development, have been posted here
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Somin on Kanner on Toobin on Kelo
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Posted in Property rights, Public Use | Kelo
An interesting discussion is going on over at Volokh Conspiracy about Professor Gideon Kanner’s critique (posted here and here) of journalist Jeffrey Toobin’s new book on the Supreme Court, particularly the section dismissing the reaction to Kelo as the product of right-wing reactionaries.
The posts are worth reading for an inside look at what…
Amendariz: “You’re Dead Son. Get Yourself Buried.”
By Robert H. Thomas on
Are rumors of the demise of the Ninth Circuit’s Armendariz doctrine greatly exaggerated, or is J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster)’s advice to Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) in the noir classic Sweet Smell of Success more appropriate?
What brings this to mind is the parting shot in the recently-issued opinion in Matsuda v. City and County of …
New Hawaii Law Blog
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Posted in Uncategorized
My Damon Key colleagues Robert Harris and Tred Eyerly are publishing a blog (or is that “blawg?”) on Hawaii insurance law issues which is named, appropriately enough, Insurance Law Hawaii.
Robert and Tred can be found at www.insurancelawhawaii.com. Pay a visit, say hello, and subscribe to their RSS feed.
Deal Or No Deal: Ninth Circuit Says Honolulu May Have to Live Up to Its Eminent Domain Promises
I’ve had a chance to review Matsuda v. City and County of Honolulu, No. 06-15337 (Jan 14, 2008), a decision by the Ninth Circuit on the Contracts and Due Process clauses, but which also involves how local governments exercise the power of eminent domain. The case revolves around Chapter 38 of the Honolulu Revised…
More on Matsuda (Ninth Circuit)
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Tim Sandefur at PLF on Eminent Domain adds his thoughts about Matsuda v. City and County of Honolulu, No. 06-15337 (Jan 14, 2008).
9th Cir. on Due Process and Contracts Clause
By Robert H. Thomas on
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued an opinion in Matsuda v. City and County of Honolulu, No. 06-15337 (Jan 14, 2008), a case involving the city’s repeal of Chapter 38, Honolulu’s version of the “land reform act” at issue in Midkiff, allowing the conversion of condominium leases to…