Here’s what we’re reading today:
The federal government has filed its brief responding to the cert petition which asks the Supreme Court to review a Tenth Circuit decision and resolve a lower court split about the meaning of the term railroad “right of way” as used in an 1875 federal statute and federal land patents subject to the 1875 Act.
Every now and then, we post an update from the rails-to-trails arena. But we’ve never provided a “big picture” look at the issue. Well, law.com has saved us the effort. In “Rails-to-Trails Program Costly to Taxpayers,” Jenna Greene provides an overview of how a law the Congressional Budget Office said “wouldn’t cost the
Here’s the cert petition filed earlier this week, asking the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in MHC Financing Ltd. P’ship v. City of San Rafael,714 P.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2013).
That’s the case in which the Ninth Circuit overturned the District Court’s ruling (after two trials) that MHC had proven a
Here’s the latest case involving the TransCanada pipeline, a 2,151 mile petroleum pipline from Hardisty, Alberta in Canada, to Port Arthur, Texas, via Illinois and Oklahoma. In an earlier case (Rhinoceros Ventures Grp., Inc. v. TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., 388 S.W.3d 405, 408 (Tex. App. 2012), a Texas court of appeals held that
If you are anywhere within striking distance of Touro Law School (Central Islip, Long Island), you should make plans to attend a conference that promises two days of fantastic programming on October 3 and 4, 2013.
“The Taking Issue – 40th Anniversary Symposium” is dedicated to the memory of the legendary Professor Fred
In a 2-1 decision (en banc next?) in a case we’ve been following with some interest in which a Marin County oyster farming operation in the National Seashore sued the Interior Department for its decision to not renew the farm’s permit, in this opinion, a Ninth Circuit panel held that courts have jurisdiction
We had such a blast last year putting on a film festival highlighting some of our favorite legal movies, we decided to do it again.
From Saturday, September 14 through Friday, September 20, 2013, we are again teaming up with the Honolulu Museum of Arts’ Doris Duke Theatre to sponsor screenings of three law-related films:
It’s true: as you get older, you forget birthdays. Thus, it only occurred to us today that three days ago, this blog’s “birthday” passed without notice. It hardly seems like seven years ago that we posted here for the first time. In law blog years, that’s quite a while.
Because doing this in
Here’s a case, set for argument today before the North Carolina Supreme Court, asking whether a series of takings cases can be heard as a class action.
The Court of Appeals, in Beroth Oil Co. v. N.C. Dep’t of Transportation, No. 10 CVS 6926 (N.C. App. May 15, 2012), held that common issues of