Here’s a short (approx. 10 minute) summary of the recent decision by the California Supreme Court in California Building Industry Ass’n v. City of San Jose, No. S212072 (June 15, 2015).
In that case, the court upheld the city’s “inclusionary housing” requirement against a Nollan–Dolan–Koontz challenge. The court concluded the ordinance…
The headline of this post shouldn’t be that surprising, especially when the the property owner purchased the land already subject to a floodplain designation, and those regulations effectively prohibited development.
But the two twists in the South Carolina Supreme Court’s opinion in Columbia Venture, LLC v. Richland County, No. 27563 (Aug. 12, 2015), were…
Here’s a short one from the Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District, involving how well a regulatory takings claim needs to be pleaded in a complaint.
In County of El Paso v. Navar, No 08-14-00250-CV (Aug. 7, 2015), the court held that a pro se plaintiff who alleged, among other things, that the…
Our colleague William Wade, in addition to being an economist, is a prolific author on the topic we find fascinating, takings. He looks at the issues with an economists’ perspective, and we’ve found his articles very helpful. We’ve even posted a few over the years:
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We reported on the California Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in California Building Industry Ass’n v. City of San Jose, No. S212072 (Cal. June 15, 2015) on the day it was issued, and we also spoke about the case at a recent session sponsored by the International Municipal Lawyers Association.
But we’ve never done…
To those able to join us today for IMLA’s “The Takings Issue” webinar, thank you. Here are the links to the items which I discussed:
On Koontz:
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From time-to-time, we cover non-land use, non-takings stuff that interests us, like election law. The biggest case the Supreme Court has considered in perhaps decades in that area is now being briefed, and the appellants have filed their brief on the merits.
Brief for Appellants, Evenwel v. Abbott, No. 14-940 (July 31, 2015)
We’ve been remiss in updating for the past few days, caught up in the whirlwind that is the ABA Annual Meeting. But that’s now over and we can finally return to our usual blogging routine.
First up, News of the World:
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