We’ve been meaning to post this one, a short per curiam opinion from the Ohio Supreme Court, for some time. Not because it deals with earth-shattering substantive eminent domain issues, but because it highlights a somewhat niche, but pretty important, procedural issue.
Say an owner challenges the take, either by way of a public use
We were hoping for better news in a case we’ve been following in its various forms for what seems like forever. But today, the U.S. Supreme Court in this order declined to issue a writ of certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Bridge Aina Lea, LLC v. Hawaii Land Use Comm’n, No.
If you are ever in Boston, it is worth a few minutes of your time to pay a visit to the John Adams Courthouse. The interior architecture is pretty neat, it is full of history (Oliver Wendell Holmes was here), and it is one of the few places in the country where
We all know that Knick v. Township of Scott, 139 S. Ct. 2162 (2019) only knocked out the “state action” prong of the two-part Williamson County takings ripeness requirement. You may not need to pursue and lose compensation via state procedures to ripen a takings claims, but still active is the “final decision” requirement
The situation in Hamen v. Hamlin County, No. 28671 (Feb. 10, 2021), a recent opinion by the South Dakota Supreme Court seems pretty bad, but a road we’ve gone down before. Believing that a suspect was inside, the local SWAT team (along with the county Special Response Team — drone and two armored vehicles
When we hear “Pennsylvania” and “coal,” our ears perk up and we naturally think of this case and regulatory takings.
But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Western District)’s opinion in DPBS Coals, Inc. v. Penn. Dep’t of Transportation, No. 41 WAP 2019 (Jan. 20, 2021) isn’t a regulatory takings case, but dealt with more traditional
A landowner in Afghanistan sued the United States for taking land he allegedly owned for use as a combat base.
Prove you own this land, the Government responded. The first step to doing that is to attach to the complaint documents that make out a prima facie case of ownership. Otherwise, dismissal for failure to
Regulatory takings challenges are no doubt tough. Especially Penn Central regulatory takings challenges. Facial Penn Central regulatory takings claims, moreso.
The U.S. Court of Appeals’ opinion in Clayland Farm Ents, LLC v. Talbot County, No. 19-2102 (Feb. 9, 2021) – the latest in this case we’ve been following – proves the point. The court
The latest issue of The Urban Lawyer, the scholarly law journal of the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law (our Section) has been published. Takings mavens are going to like this one:
Back to blogging…
Here’s the latest cert petition on an issue we’ve been following for a while (see here, here, here and here, for example). Is invalidation of an already-issued patent via inter partes review a taking?
In this case, the Federal Circuit held no taking, consistent with its earlier opinion