Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows Tiburon, California, even if you’ve never stepped foot there. Yes, that Tiburon. Well, the beat goes on: the Agins litigation wasn’t the only time that the town and its residents combined forces to try and draw up the drawbridge and prevent the building of more
May 2022
Rational Basis, My Butt! Taking For Bike Trail Isn’t For “Conservation of Natural Resources”
By Robert H. Thomas on
Here’s one we’ve been meaning to post for a while. In Bd. of Comm’rs of Mill Creek Park Metro Dist. v. Less, No. 20MA0074 (Apr. 14, 2022), the Ohio Court of Appeals held that the Park District lacked the authority to condemn Less’s property for a bike path, which did not qualify under the…
Hawaii Land Use Law Conference, May 25-26, 2022, Honolulu – Join Us!
By Robert H. Thomas on
Posted in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | Civil Rights, Administrative law, Agriculture, Due process, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Events | Conferences, Inverse condemnation, Land use law, Municipal & Local Govt law, Nollan/Dolan | Exactions, Penn Central, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Rail, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Shoreline | CZMA, Water rights | Public trust, Zoning & Planning
It’s back! After a hiatus on the in-person program, the bi-annual Hawaii Land Use Conference is back in-person (see here for a sample of one of our prior presentations at this conference).
May 25 and 26, 2022, downtown Honolulu.
The full agenda and speaker list has not yet been published, but here’s a summary…

