Beach cases from Hawaii. The South gets gator law opinions. Vermont, snow law.
To this list of “local flavor” cases, add Belle Terre Ranch, Inc. v. Wilson, No. A137217 (Jan. 13, 2015), an opinion by a California Court of Appeal resolving a boundary dispute between a Northern California winery and the owner a
The Nevada Supreme Court’s opinion in Buzz Stew, LLC v. City of North Las Vegas, No. 15-03100 (Jan. 29, 2015) was the second time the court had issued a published ruling in the case, the first being Buzz Stew, LLC v. City of North Las Vegas, 181 P.3d 670 (Nev. 2008), in which
Here’s one with a somewhat unusual twist: the condemnee objecting to the taking by a public utility district was the state.
In Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Okanogan Cnty. v. State of Washington, No. 88949-0 (Jan. 29, 2015), the Washington Supreme Court affirmed the power of the county utility district to take an
No, it’s not about the weird dude down at the Planning Department, but a new (draft) article by two familiar property lawprofs, Lee Fennell and Eduardo Penalver. Here’s the abstract:
How can the Constitution protect landowners from government exploitation without disabling the machinery that protects landowners from each other? The Supreme Court left this central
Land users, please read the California Court of Appeal’s opinion in Woody’s Group, Inc. v. City of Newport Beach, No.G050155 (Jan. 29, 2015), which starts off with this straightforward summary:
The language of the law is replete with synonyms for fairness: due process, equal protection, good faith, harmless error are all ways of expressing
The wheels of justice may grind slowly, but they do grind. Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit granted a motion we filed back in June 2013, and permitted us to file this amicus brief on behalf of the Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association in a case that is scheduled to be argued in mid-February 2015, Rancho de
Sorrentino v. Godinez, No. 13-3421 (Jan. 23, 2015) was a lawsuit by prisoners complaining that several items which they purchased from the prison commisary — a fan and a typewriter — were later declared by the warden to be prohibited contraband.
Under the new rules, their property was “removed,” and the prisoners given options
This is a longer post, but since we think this case may be going further and is worth watching, we’re going to hit it up in some detail.
In City of Chicago v. Eychaner, No. 05L050792 (Jan. 21, 2015), the Illinois Appellate Court upheld the taking of private vacant land near the Chicago Loop (Eychaner’s
text Friends of Thayer Lake LLC v. Brown, No. 518309 (Jan. 15, 2015)
Friends of Thayer Lake LLC v. Brown, No. 518309 (N.Y. App. Div. Jan. 15, 2015)