Earlier, we posted the cert petition in Hillcrest Property, LLP v. Pasco County, No. 12-846 (cert. petition filed Jan. 15, 2015), which asks the Supreme Court to review the Eleventh Circuit’s decision throwing out Hillcrest’s facial substantive due process challenge to the county’s “Right of Way Preservation Ordinance.” The ordinance allows the county to land
6th Cir Schadenfreude Alert: Municipality Liable For Fees And Costs For Removing Takings Claim From State Court
Williamson County gives everyone grief, and if you needed any more proof, here it is.
In A Forever Recovery, Inc. v. Township of Pennfield, No. 13-2657 (Apr. 2, 2015), an unpublished opinion from the Sixth Circuit, the court upheld the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees and costs to a property owner who
Fed Cir: Claim That U.S. District Court Judicially Took Property Can’t Be Brought In The Claims Court
What we learned from the Federal Circuit’s opinion in Shinnecock Indian Nation v. United States, No.14-5015 (Apr. 7, 2015):
- A $1,105,000,000 (that’s $1.1 billion and change) is the Nation’s claim in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for what the Hamptons are worth. Slip op. at 3. Sounds about right.
- The Nation sued
Guess What: Hawaii Housing Is Expensive!
Two stories to read, in tandem:
- In the ultimate dog-bites-man story, yesterday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser headline reads “Home demand outweighs supply.” Well no kidding. As one fellow quoted in story said,”This is the most overstudied subject in the history of mankind … You don’t need a study to know what the numbers are. It’s
Cal App: Never Mind What The Dictionary Says, A State Park With Sand Dunes Is Not A Man-Made “Contrivance”
We like dictionaries. A couple of them have treasured spots on our bookshelf. But we’re not all that keen on courts relying upon dictionaries to define statutory terms, because our experience is that one word could have many meanings, and just because one dictionary defines a word a certain way doesn’t rule out other meanings.
New Jersey: When Designating Blight, Baby Can Be Tossed Without First Showing The Bathwater’s Dirty
A few years ago, in Gallenthin Realty Development, Inc. v Borough of Paulsboro, 191 N.J. 344 (2007), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that in order to target property for redevelopment as “blighted,” the government must show that it is in such condition that it “negatively affects surrounding areas” by promoting conditions that can develop
Go Shopping, It’s Hawaii’s Good Friday Holiday
Today is Good Friday, an official state holiday in Hawaii, so we’re reposting our annual recounting of how it came to be that the State commemorates the date of the crucifixion, and how that squares with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Turns out that it doesn’t really. It’s just coincidence that the “spring
New Law Review Article Worth Reading: “Through a Glass Clearly: Predicting the Future in Land Use Takings Law”
It’s not often that we say a law review article is a “must-read.” But this one definitely is, especially for all you regulatory takings mavens: David L. Callies, Through a Glass Clearly: Predicting the Future in Land Use Takings Law, 54 Washburn L. Rev. 43 (2014). A pdf of the article is posted here
New Cert Petition: Property Owner Should Not Be Limited To “Whispering” Anti-Eminent Domain Message
As we hoped it might, the Norfolk, Virginia property owner — represented by the Institute for Justice — who was on the losing side of the Fourth Circuit’s 2-1 recent opinion in Central Radio Co. Inc. v. City of Norfolk, 776 F.3d 229 (4th Cir. Jan. 13, 2015) has filed a cert petition.
Recent California Court Of Appeal Regulatory Takings Opinion Should Be Published
Here’s the letter request which we sent today to the California Court of Appeal, Second Division, asking the court to publish its recent opinion in Brost v. City of Santa Barbara, No. B246153 (Mar. 25, 2015). In our post about the case, we wrote “we hope there’s a motion to publish and that the court