Here’s South Dakota v. JB Enterprises, Inc., No. 27176 (Dec. 7, 2016), the second in a series of three recent cases decided by the South Dakota Supreme Court involving a highway renovation project by the SD Department of Transportation. (Here’s the first.)
This one involved the DOT’s “quick take” power, and
Here’s the first in a series of three recent cases decided by the South Dakota Supreme Court involving a highway renovation project by the SD Department of Transportation.
We think to more easily understand the three separate opinions in South Dakota v. Miller, No. 27198 (Dec. 7, 2016), you should read them out of
For alums of the University of Hawaii Law Review, friends of the publication, or just people who like wine, here’s something to put on your December calendar.
The Law Review is sponsoring a workshop on December 18, 2016 at 5:30 pm at downtown Honolulu’s Hound & Quail. The kicker is that this isn’t an academic
Do you have “giver’s block” about an appropriate present this holiday season for the dirt lawyer in your orbit? Well fear not, here are our modest suggestions for stocking stuffers.
Timothy Sandefur and Christina Sandefur, Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America (2d ed. 2016).
“Published in the wake of the Supreme Court’s
When an opinion starts off like this, you just want to read the rest, even if the substance of the decision is about statutes of limitations:
This case arises from Mr. Abbas’s complaint against the United States (“U.S.” or “the Government”) in the Court of Federal Claims for an alleged taking of his property rights
Registration is now open for the 2017 Hawaii Land Use Conference, presented by the Hawaii State Bar Association and the University of Hawaii Law School, at the downtown Honolulu YWCA’s Fuller Hall on January 19-20, 2017. “This 2 day conference is a must attend for any attorney or professional whose practice involves land use
We’ve had bridges on our minds lately. Plus, we’ve been meaning to post the Nebraska Supreme Court’s opinion in Strode v. City of Ashland, No. S-15-956 (Oct. 28, 2016) for a while, and it is coincidentally about a bridge. So the title to this post came to us quickly, and naturally. But writing
We don’t usually post unpublished opinions, but the Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in Clayland Farm Enterprises, LLC v. Talbot County, No. 15-1755 (Dec. 2, 2016), raised some issues worth your time.
The property owner brought its claim in Maryland state court claiming, among other things, that the County’s two indefinite moratoria on development and
Here’s what we’re reading today:
After the recent Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference in the Netherlands (very appropriate, as it was the home of the Dutch lawyer and property rights guy Hugo Grotius), we had the opportunity to visit one of that country’s notable museums, where we came across this odd piece, a somewhat worn and nondescript wooden