Next week (May 12 – 15, 2011), the ABA Section of State & Local Government Law is meeting in Portland, Oregon.
This is our Spring Meeting (complete agenda here), and is co-sponsored by the Urban Land Institute and the American Planning Association. In addition to the business and administrative meetings (I promise, the meeting
Comes the sad news that retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jon J. Chinen has died. The Star-Advertiser obit noted that he served as Bankruptcy Judge and referee from 1976 to 1993 (I learned bankruptcy law from Judge Chinen, serving for a short time as a judicial extern in his chambers during law school).
There will be
Update: Rick Rayl adds his thoughts about the case and how California state courts might approach the issue here.
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What does a property owner have to do in order to qualify as a “prevailing party” in a federal condemnation action, such that it triggers fee shifting under the Equal Access to Justice Act