We continue our series on the 100th anniversary of the mother lode of takings case, Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (Dec. 11, 1922), with this short essay recently published in the “Notice & Comment” feature of the Yale Journal on Regulation.
January 2023
From The Mahon Property: Your Invitiation To The 40th ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference, Austin (Feb 1-4)
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Come, join your colleagues for 3+ days of the best eminent domain and related programming. And, of…
NY Appellate Division: A Hospital Parking Lot Isn’t An Authorized Reason To Take
Unsurprisingly there isn’t a lot there in the majority opinion in Bowers Dev. LLC v. Oneida Cnty. Indus, Dev. Agency, No. 2022-00744 (Dec. 23, 2022) (this is from the New York courts after all, which don’t seem to write long opinions), but we’re posting it so you can compare the majority with the dissent. …
Wyoming: When You Settle An Eminent Domain Fight By Waiving All Future Claims, You Can’t Take Advantage Of A Reclaim Statute
Here’s one that’s holding over from 2022, but we wanted to make sure to post because it’s a good reminder that when you settle a case, you settle the case.
Wyoming is one of those jurisdictions that has one of those “I want it back” provisions, where if property is not actually used for X…
Md App: If You Want To Overturn The Amortization Doctrine, Take It Upstairs
You know the “amortization” doctrine: when an existing legal use is declared illegal, the government can avoid a takings claim by slowly phasing out the use, supposedly to allow the owner to recoup investment. The doctrine is established in Maryland by Grant v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 129 A.2d 363 (Md.
Ohio: Necessity Is Judged By The Property Taken, Not The Overall Project
Thanks to a colleague giving us a heads-up, we’re starting 2023 with a neat case.
In Ohio Power Co. v. Burns, No. 2021-1168 (Dec. 29, 2022), the Ohio Supreme Court declined to apply a statutory presumption of necessity to the power company’s efforts to use eminent domain to expand the scope of several existing…

