Tired of that dry, stuffy legal text on eminent domain law?
If so, you are in luck because author Tessa Berkley has the solution, her latest novel, “Eminent Domain” ($1.99 on Amazonfair market value). Here’s the synopsis:
When two brothers are sent to the opposite coasts, each man must decide between the
Here’s the not unexpected decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case we’ve been following (sort of). It should never have gotten this far, even as the “plaintiffs” raise the specter of a cert petition.
We say again: the federal courts seem to have time for this brand
Some of the Land Use Institute faculty, including (front row left), Planning Chair Frank Schnidman and Planning Co-Chair Patty Salkin
Last Friday at the 32nd Annual Land Use Institute in Detroit, I was honored to moderate a freewheeling discussion by a panel of takings experts, Professor Steven Eagle, Minnesota lawyer Howard Roston, and Michigan’s
Do we really need to tell you how a rent control regulatory takings claim fared in the Ninth Circuit? We didn’t think so.
In Colony Cove Properties, LLC v. City of Carson, No. 16-562655 (Apr. 23, 2018), a three-judge panel reversed a district court jury verdict which concluded that the City was liable for
When you a federal takings plaintiff in the Federal Circuit and you pull Judge Timothy Dyk on your panel, your heart sinks. More so when he aggressively questions you in oral argument. And when you see he has written the opinion, you know it’s game over at this level.
Because we can’t remember a single
Here are the cases and materials I either discussed, or planned to discuss (but ran out of time), in this morning’s session at the 32nd Annual Land Use Institute:
We’re in Detroit the rest of the week at the Mercy Law School for the venerable Land Use Institute, now in its 32nd iteration.
Planning Chair Frank Schnidman has assembled a great faculty including out Detroit colleague Alan Ackerman (above, talking about takings liability for flooding), and we’ll be spending the time talking inverse
For those of you who subscribe, check your inboxes for the latest issue of the University of Hawaii Law Review.
Most worthwhile article in our view: Adam N. Miller, Up in the Air: The Status & Future of Drone Regulation in Hawaii. (Sidebar: Mr. Miller will be one of our firm’s summer associates
Spoiler alert! This one doesn’t have a happy ending.
Today’s case is one of what we call “regionally classic” cases that we come across from time to time. You know, cases that just fit into all your preconceived notions about a place. Beach cases from Hawaii. Gator law opinions from Southern states. Vermont = snow law, California, land and wineries. Here’s another one