Given the title of this blog and our usual inclinations in takings cases, you would be forgiven for assuming that we’d have a negative review of the Second Circuit’s opinion in 1256 Hurtel Avenue Associates, LLC v. Bulan, No. 12-1603-bk (Aug. 1, 2014), which held that a legislative increase in the size of the
August 2014
Texas Supreme Court To Consider: Are Billboards Movable Property?
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to review Texas v. Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., a decision in which the Court of Appeals held that the owner of billboards was entitled to compensation when the land on which the billboards were located was condemned.
Texas needed to widen the freeway, and condemned the land …
NY App Div: Town Needs A Warrant For Inspection Related To Property Valuation
By Robert H. Thomas on
Check this out, an opinion from the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court in a tax assessment case, Jacobowitz v. Bd of Assessors, Town of Cornwall, No. D39807 (July 30, 2014. The court held that the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on warrantless searches and seizures means that a property owner did not have…
ABA Journal Zeros In On Our Favorite Courtroom Scene In A Legal Film
By Robert H. Thomas on
Yes, it’s our old favorite, the Australian eminent domain comedy, The Castle (our review herefirst Law Film Festival, and were in good company: Ebert also loved the movie).
The most recent edition of the ABA Journal, features “12 pivotal movie scenes with lessons for lawyers.” The lesson we learn from…