Check this out, a story in the September 28, 2015 edition of the New York Times, “Owner of Grand Central Sues Developer and City for $1.1 Billion Over Air Rights.”
Reminds us of this obscure Supreme Court case we heard about…
The Times reports that the current owner of Grand Central Terminal
We don’t want to take too much time away from our usual land use, takings, and eminent domain fare, but we just couldn’t let this one go by without comment.
Last Friday, we posted our amici brief in Evenwel v. Abbott, No. 14-940, the reapportionment case which the U.S. Supreme Court is considering. The issue
Look what arrived in the mail, a copy of the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law’s recently-published Municipal Law Deskbook, edited by our friend and colleague, Oregon’s Bill Scheiderich.
We received a gratis copy because we authored the chapter on Regulatory Takings. The book is designed as a quick reference guide
Who gets counted for reapportionment purposes?
Everyone!
Please forgive the deviation (a pun for our election law colleagues) from the blog’s usual land use and takings fare, but frequent readers understand that we also have an interest in election law, and occasionally post up items of interest.
Today we filed this amici brief in Evenwel v. Abbott
We’re continuing our Detroit-themed posts today, with this one about auto bailouts and takings.
We generally don’t post trial court decisions, preferring to wait until we have a published opinion from a court of appeals. But from time to time, we have made exceptions, like here, where the counsel involved are well-known and the issue
We’re in Detroit and environs for the weekend, doing some scouting for an upcoming meeting of the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law.
Had a Faygo Redpop at the site of Tiger Stadium in Corktown, dinner in Poletown, a fresh peach at the Saturday Eastern Market, and read this recent Sixth
We’re not exactly sure why, but the facts in State of Texas v. Treeline Partners, Ltd., No. from the Texas Court of Appeals just crack us up.
First, the court comes up with a definition of “lowball” —
In attempting to ask potential jurors whether they believe that the State “lowballs,” the State’s
According to the New London paper, here’s who is going to play Susette Kelo in the upcoming film version of Little Pink House. And no, it isn’t Brooke Shields.
Here are our casting choices.
In those states with a commission process in condemnation, any guess where an appellate court comprised of judges will come down on who gets to make the final call about what evidence is admissible — a judge or the commissioners?
Well, if you guessed the judge, you’d be right. In Regional Transportation Dist. v. 750 W. 48th Ave., LLC