Please join us on Thursday, March 12, 2015, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. for the awarding of the Owners’ Counsel Crystal Eagle to University of Hawaii Law Professor David L. Callies.
We’re inviting his current and former students (of whom there are many), his faculty colleagues, the Hawaii property bar, and friends, for the presentation
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District v. City of Bellefontaine, No. ED101713 (Feb. 24, 2015), is another one of those cases where construction by a city resulted in damage to property. The water district sued for inverse condemnation, among other things. Only twist here was that it wasn’t exactly “private” property, but property owned by another municipality
The State of New York wants to build the Bronx River Greenway, a “23-mile-long ribbon of green with a multi-use path that will extend along the full length of the river in Westchester County and the Bronx.” Who could argue with that?
Amtrak, that’s who. After failing to acquire 6 parcels along the river
A short one from the Texas Court of Appeals. As we noted in this post recently, Texas has bifurcated its eminent domain process. After a petition in condemnation is filed in court, in the “administrative” phase, the court appoints commissioners whose job it is to hold a hearing and render an opinion on value.
[To reserve your space, please email your RSVP to me or Mark, or call either of us at (808) 531-8031.]
On Thursday, March 5, 2015, from 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. at the Farrington High School Cafeteria (1564 North King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii), we’re inviting property owners, businesses, and residents whose rights
Here are the posts about the 2015 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Conference (San Francisco), and where we will post information on the 2016 conference as those details are finalized:
UPDATE October 13, 2015: The complete agenda, faculty list, and conference registration pages are live at ALI-CLE’s website. Register now.
Reports from the
Worth reading: “Legislative Exactions after Koontz v. St. Johns River Management District,” an article by colleagues Luke Wake and Jarod Bona, recently posted to SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
Decided in June, 2013, Koontz v. St. Johns River Management District settled a long-running debate among scholars as to whether the nexus test &mdash
Here’s one that we’ve had in our “to read” stack for a while, but put off since it didn’t look all that interesting. But after finally reading it recently, there’s a line in the opinion that jumped out at us. Read on.
Araya v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., No. 13-7036 (Dec. 30, 2014) is
Although we just wrapped this year’s ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation and Condemnation 101 conferences, we’ve already started to think about the 2016 programs.
Those of you who attended this year or have attended in the past, please watch your email inboxes in the next few days for an informal survey from