A couple of noteworthy conferences upcoming, one in-person, the other a “webinar” format:
Frequent readers know that we just love the Australian comedy film “The Castle,” which tells the tale of one man’s legal fight to save his family’s home from the abusive exercise of eminent domain power. (See “Kelo Down Under,” our review.) The case is played for laughs and in the
We can’t hear or read the word “plethora” without thinking of the “¡Three Amigos!” scene with Jefe and El Guapo, so when the California Court of Appeal “apologize[d] for the plethora of statutory citations and footnotes” (in a footnote!) in the latest opinion about the fallout and intragovernmental battle over the money in
Yesterday, on behalf of my Owners’ Counsel of America colleagues, I was pleased and honored to present to University of Hawaii School of Law Professor David L. Callies the Crystal Eagle, recognizing his lifetime of property law and property rights scholarship.
Professor Callies’ present and former students (there are many), his faculty colleagues, the Hawaii
When we hear the phrase “buy the farm,” we think of the cliche from the old war movies, not eminent domain.
But in Minnesota, “buy the farm” is taken literally. In Great River Energy v. Swedzinski, No. A13-1474 (Mar. 4, 2015), the Minnesota Supreme Court interpreted that state’s “buy the farm” statute
With rare exception, we don’t cover unpublished, nonprecedential decisions. But we’re posting Fuller v. United States, No. 2014-5117 (Mar. 10, 2015), an unpublished opinion from the Federal Circuit, because it reminded us of a presentation by Jim Burling at the recent ALI-CLE Eminent Domain conference, “Novel Takings Theories: Testing the Boundaries of
Check out State ex rel. Sunset Estate Properties, LLC v. Village of Lodi, No. 2013-1856 (Mar. 10, 2015), a case in which the Ohio Supreme Court held that a local zoning ordinance was unconstitutional on its face.
The Village’s zoning code, adopted in 1987, banned manufactured home (trailer) parks. Of course, the ordinance could
Here’s the amici brief of the National Association of Home Builders, the National Association of Realtors, the National Association of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, and others in the case we’ve been following out of the federal courts in Florida about a county’s “right of way preservation” ordinance (which is somewhat similar, but perhaps
If you didn’t have a chance to attend last week’s community meeting on the Honolulu rail project and property rights at Farrington High School, we’ve posted the audio clips, which include the big picture, the current status, and a series of frequently asked questions.
On Thursday, March 5, 2015, we held a community forum on the Honolulu rail project, with an overview of the acquisition, eminent domain, and relocation process. For those who were not able to join us, we recorded the sessions, and post them below.
For HART’s video flyover simulation of the entire Phase 1 system