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
Here’s the cert petition you knew was coming, which asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review the California Supreme Court’s decision upholding the City of San Jose’s “inclusionary housing” requirement by applying rational basis review. The California court held the requirement was not an “exaction,” and was no more than a mere zoning regulation or
As noted in the Honolulu Civil Beat story, “Hawaii AG Backs Vermont GMO Labeling Law,” Hawaii has signed on to an amici brief in support of the State of Vermont in the Second Circuit appeal of a Vermont federal court’s ruling which rejected a challenge to Vermont’s requirement to label GMO products.
I’ve put off posting this for a while, but it now feels like the right time.
Back in May, Chuck Hurd — an old mentor and colleague — passed away. When I was fresh out of law school, Chuck (known as “CHH” to us in the firm) was one of the first experienced lawyers to take