The Supreme court has declined review of Colony Cove Properties, LLC v. City of Carson, 640 F.3d 948 (9th Cir. 2011), the case in which the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a property owner’s claim that the city’s mobilehome rent control ordinance is a taking. The district court dismissed the facial takings claim
Thursday Links: Public Use, Mass Court Saves Land Use, Judicial Takings
Here’s what we are reading this Thursday:
- Appeals Court Declines Invitation To Destroy Land Use Law As We Know It – from the Massachusetts Land Use Monitor blog: “Now that the Appeals Court has reminded us of the permanence of permit conditions, anyone who receives a permit with a restrictive condition should think twice about whether that
Scalia: Kelo = Dred Scott = Roe
According to the ABA Journal, Justice Antonin Scalia said this:
Justice Antonin Scalia predicted Monday that the Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. City of New London will be overturned.
Speaking to students at the Chicago-Kent School of Law, Scalia criticized the decision allowing the city of New London to use eminent domain to
Upcoming National Webinar – Eminent Domain: Redevelopment Challenges for Local Government
Save the date: on Thursday, December 1, 2011 (1:00pm-2:30pm EST, 10:00am-11:30am PST) we’ll be presenting the on-line seminar “Eminent Domain: Redevelopment Challenges for Local Governnment – Navigating Federal Funding Requirements, Challenges for Public Utilities in Right-of-Way Projects, and Objections to Taking for Public Use.“
Joining me are colleagues Anthony Della Pelle (McKirdy
Motion For Summary Judgment In JSC List Case
Brigham-Kanner Property Law Conference (Beijing)
Here are all the posts from the 8th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, held this year in Beijing, China:
Brigham-Kanner Conference: Justice O’Connor’s Acceptance Speech
At the U.S. Embassy in Beijing last Thursday, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was presented this year’s Brigham-Kanner prize. She was not able to attend in person, so delivered her acceptance speech by videotape. In her talk, she discussed the property-related opinions which she either authored or joined, including Midkiff, Nollan, Dolan, Yee
California Bar’s Yosemite Conference: “Regulatory Takings: Looking Back and Looking Forward”
One conference down, one to go.
We’re on the way back from the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference in Beijing, and on our way to the California State Bar Environmental Law Section’s annual conference at Yosemite N.P., which begins later this week. More information about the conference here.
Along with U.C. Berkeley law professor Joseph
Brigham-Kanner Conference: Most Telling Quote
There were many memorable moments and quotes during the three-plus days of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference in Beijing. But perhaps the most telling came our way second-hand from an ear witness:
At the farewell banquet, a prominent American lawyer was toasting the Tsinghua University Law School students, raising his class with the salute “to
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference – Second Day Photos
Well, we were beset by a series of technical difficulties yesterday (the internet connection suddenly spit us out, we were unable to log back on, our laptop just shut off, followed by mysterious battery problems), so we were not able to continue the live blog.(Was it something we said?)
That’s ok, since by then it