2009

Environmental groups led by Earthjustice have sought leave to file an amici brief supporting the pending application for a writ of certiorari in the case involving the EIS for the Turtle Bay/Kuilima resort development, Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu, No. 28602, which seeks review of the Intermediate Court of

On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, I’ll be on the faculty of “Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law,” a day-long seminar in Honolulu. This is an annual program dealing with zoning approvals,constitutional limitations on land use regulations, and administrativeprocedure.

I will be leading sessions on “Current Case Law and Legislative Update,” and “Appealing an

We’ve just received word that the Office of Ombudsman for Property Rights is closed effective September 8, 2009 “[b]ecause of budgetary constraints.” The office was created two years ago “toassist[] private property owners and public agencies in understandingand applying the law in matters concerning eminent domain andrelocation assistance, including mediation.

We can’t figure out this Kafkaesque decision from the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court. We really can’t.

In Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, No. A-2963-07 (per curiam), the court held that the government can assert inverse condemnation in order to take property without compensation. 

If you had to read that twice