October 2009

Update: In this order, the Court declined to review the case.

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On Monday, October 19, 2009, the Supreme Court is scheduled to consider whether to review the Alaska Supreme Court’s decision in Reust v. Alaska Petroleum Contractors, Inc., 206 P.3d 437 (Alaska, Apr. 10, 2009).

The case is listed on SCOTUSblog’s

On Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 9:00 a.m., the Hawaii Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu, the case in which the IntermediateCourt of Appeals held that unless the project changes, a supplementalEIS is not required under the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act

Yesterday, the New York Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the latest case involving the controversial Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. We blogged the arguments as we followed along on the live video feed (video archived here).

According to the court’s web site, “[t]he Court normally decides cases within thirty to sixty days

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Missed the live blog and video of the oral arguments in Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corp., the latest case involving the controversial Atlantic Yards development and Kelo-like claims of eminent domain abuse in an economic development taking? 

Well, you’re in luck — the court has archived

Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court agreed to review Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu, 120 Haw. 457, 209 P.3d 1271 (Haw. Ct. App. 2008), in which the Intermediate Court of Appeals held that unless the project changes, a supplemental EIS is not required under the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act, Haw.

It appears that the New York Court of Appeals live streams oral arguments, so tomorrow, for the second day in a row, we’ll go live with real-time blogging of an important and fascinating case (today we’re blogging oral arguments in the Hawaii Supreme Court on a land use case).

Starting at 2 pm EDT

On Wednesday October 14, we live blogged the arguments in Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corp., the latest case involving the controversial Brooklyn Yards development and Kelo-like claims of eminent domain abuse in an economic development taking.

Joining in the commentary were Pacific Legal Foundation attorney and property rights scholar Timothy

Our live blog of the Hawaii Supreme Court oral arguments in County of Hawaii v. Ala Loop Homeowners, No. 27707 (cert. granted Sep. 2, 2009). 

The mp3 recording of the argument is posted here.

More details on the case below the window.

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The court is considering

The County of Maui has filed its Answering Brief in Leone v. County of Maui, No. 29696, an appeal in the HawaiiIntermediate Court of Appeals which is considering, among other issues,the question of when a regulatory takings claim is ripe for reviewunder Williamson County Regional Planning Comm’n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City