One for the appellate practitioners in the audience.
In City of Little Rock v. Hermitage Dev. Corp., No. CV-15-842 (Ark. Dec. 3, 2015), the Arkansas Supreme Court granted the property owners’ motion to dismiss an appeal filed by the city from a jury verdict awarding just compensation. The court agreed that the City
Another short one, this time from the Arkansas Supreme Court.
In City of Siloam Springs v. La-De LLC, No. CV-15-194 (Ark. Nov. 19, 2015), the court concluded that an Arkansas statute which requires the state to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees if the just compensation exceeds the deposit by more than 10%, does not apply
Another one in our year-end opinion rush.
In Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University v. Villavaso, No. 2014-CA-1277 (Dec. 23, 2015), the Louisiana Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s view of just compensation after a bench trial, in a case about LSU’s taking of property being used for a parking lot
Here’s one in which we’ve been waiting for the ball to drop, since we filed an amicus brief in the case. Unfortunately, the result in State of Oregon v. Alderwoods (Oregon), Ltd., No. SC062766 (Dec. 31, 2015) wasn’t as hoped for, but looking for silver linings, was a lot less bad than it
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Another short one that’s been in the hopper for a while, Sorrells v. City of Macomb, No. 3-13-0763 (Ill. App. Oct. 23, 2015), involving a claim for inverse condemnation that was a result of flooding.
The inundation of the plaintiffs’ property came from a street that was developed privately, but later dedicated to the
One more in our year-end opinion rush, a short one from the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Eighth Circuit. Here’s what you need to know about Tubbs v. Surface Trans. Bd., No. 14-3898 (8th Cir. Dec. 28, 2015):
Finally, the Tubbses argue that the Board has prevented them from bringing a
Here’s our second day of highlights from the upcoming American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, which will be held in Austin, Texas, from January 28-30, 2016.
This is the first time the conference has been to Austin, and we’re hoping for a good turnout. Here’s the full
Here’s one from the Federal Circuit that doesn’t break new ground, but is founded on an arcane point of Florida law.
Rogers v. United States, No. 13-5098 (Dec. 28, 2015) is a rails-to-trails case, so the background is pretty standard: old railroad right-of-way, abandoned, followed by a NITU (Notice of Interim Trail Use), which
We’re exactly one month away from the 2016 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, which runs from January 28-30, 2016, in Austin, Texas.
Together with our friends and colleagues Joe Waldo, Jack Sperber, and Andrew Brigham, we think we’re put together a pretty good program that covers a lot of