The oral argument calendar of the Hawaii Supreme Court looks pretty interesting:
In United States v. 0.073 Acres of Land, No. 11-31167 (Jan. 28, 2013), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a townhome association’s right to collect maintenance assessments from its members was property under Louisiana law, but was not compensable property in an eminent domain action.
The case involved a
Most federal takings claims against state and local government do not get heard in federal court (except to dismiss them on res judicata grounds), under the one-two punch of Williamson County and San Remo Hotel.
Williamson County forces property owners into state court because a claim under the Fifth Amendment is not ripe
“The Castle,” the comic tale of Darryl Kerrigan and his efforts to protect the family home at “3 Highwview Crescent, Coolaroo” from “compulsory acquisition” (Australia’s version of eminent domain), has made it to Netflix‘s streaming service.
This is Miramax’s U.S. edit which contains a few differences from the
This post has nothing to do with our usual menu of takings, property, and other issues. But we just had to point out to you two articles which feature comments by our Damon Key colleague Bethany Ace, adding her thoughts about the “Steven Tyler Act” (yes, that Steven Tyler), a bill