Check this out. In Willowbrook Apts, LLC v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, No. 1:20-cv-01818 (July 6, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied the plaintiff/property owner’s motion for a temporary restraining order, in a case challenging the COVID orders that pretty dramatically alter the landlord/tenant relationship in Maryland:
HAWSCT: City’s Prohibiting Use Of Property Pending City Acquisition Is Land Banking Taking
Breaking! In H.C. Cornuelle, Inc. v. City and Cnty of Honolulu, No. 14068 (Haw. July 17, 1990), the Hawaii Supreme Court held that the City and County of Honolulu inversely condemned a strip of private property in downtown when it prohibited development and use of that land because the City intended to acquire it
Federal Court Denies TRO: Hawaii Gov’s Coronavirus Travel Quarantine Doesn’t Stop Anyone From Coming To Hawaii
As expected, a quick decision and opinion from the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, after yesterday’s hearing on the plaintiff’s request for extraordinary preliminary relief (a TRO and PI) in the case challenging the Hawaii Governor’s imposition of a 14-day self-quarantine on all travelers inbound to Hawaii (and other emergency orders, although
Zigging And Zagging: Federal Court Hearing On Challenge To Hawaii Gov’s COVID Orders Is Back On-Line
Last we checked in, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii has granted the Hawaii Attorney General’s request to hold an in-person hearing on the plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary relief in the case challenging Governor Ige’s COVID-19 related orders (including travel quarantine). Unfortunately, that meant that those of us not able or
We Join Clint Schumacher For The 50th Episode Of The Eminent Domain Podcast To Talk COVID Takings
We joined friend and colleague Clint Schumacher for the milestone 50th episode of his essential Eminent Domain Podcast.
If you are not already a subscriber and regular listener, you should be. Clint features interesting guests (present company excepted) and listening in is a good way to keep our community together, especially when many of
CA4 (Over Dissent): No Taking When Maryland Outlawed “Rapid Fire Trigger Activators”
OK, takings mavens, what’s your guess on whether a court would conclude there’s been a taking when a state bans “rapid fire trigger activators” (“devices that, when attached to a firearm, increase its rate of fire or trigger activation”)?
Under the law, it is a crime to “manufacture, possess, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase
Amicus Brief In Virginia Oyster Takings Case: City’s Purposeful Pollution Of River Is A Taking Under The Virginia Constitution
Here’s the amicus brief filed yesterday in a Virginia Supreme Court case we’ve been following.
This is a case at the intersection of property and takings law, and environmental protection. Several Nansemond River oystermen own a lease from the state for the riverbed, which among other things, allows them to harvest some of the
July 22, 2020: “Emergency and Police Power: Property Claims in Times of Crisis” (ABA Webinar)
Please plan on joining us on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at 1pm ET (10am PT) for a long-form program on “Emergency and Police Power: Property Claims in Times of Crisis.”
Our speakers are Professors Craig Konnoth (Colorado) and John Nolon (Pace), and one of the lawyers on the forefront of the nationwide legal