Here’s your must-read for today, the latest journal article from Michael Berger, “Theft, Extortion, and the Constitution: Land Use Practice Needs an Ethical Infusion,” 38 Touro L. Rev. 755 (2022).
Here’s the Abstract:
There are many ways in which property owners/developers interact with regulators. To the extent that texts and articles deal…
The Supreme Court of Montana’s opinion in Tai Tam, LLC v. Missoula County, No. DA21-0660 (Nov. 15, 2022) starts off like a somewhat typical land use dispute turned into a constitutional fight. The property owner sought subdivision approvals for a 28-acre parcel to allow residential development, and the County denied the applications because “the…
Due to our 808 roots, we’ve been fielding a lot of questions related to the ongoing eruption of Mauna Loa on the Big Island.
It’s big, it’s spectacular (see video above), and (for us) it’s law.
The questions (who owns “accreted” lava?, how does the NPS let the public out to see this?, what…
