Winter storms damaged a seawall which protected a blufftop, oceanfront home. The owners, not surprisingly, wanted to rebuild the wall to protect their home. The Coastal Commission, as is its wont, saw this as an opportunity to extract some goodies from the owners. So it granted a limited-term permit to rebuild the wall, conditioned on
Cases And Links From Today’s American Planning Association’s 2017 Planning Law Review
Here are links to the cases and materials we spoke about today during our portions of the APA’s 2017 Planning Law Review webinar:
- Justice Kennedy’s Social Justice Warrior Test For Takings Clause “Property” In Murr v. Wisconsin
- The Federal Circuit’s Lost Tree decision (cert denied just after Murr, so this should be seen as a
Friday, Aug 11, 2017, New York City: Chair-Elect Reception, Unpacking Murr – ABA State & Local Govt Law Section
If my colleagues don’t wise up and change their minds before August, I am slated to become Chair of the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law (which, by the way, includes an Eminent Domain Committee, Chaired by Howard Roston, and co-Chaired by Kelly Walsh and John Peloso). On Friday, August 11, at
Your Post-Murr Reading List
There’s a lot of buzz about “what’s next” after Murr v. Wisconsin, and what this case may augur for regulatory takings. There are already quite a few discussions and analysis panels scheduled, including these three in which we’re participating:
- The American Planning Association’s annual Planning Law Review (Wednesday, July 5, 2017), which will include