Here at our law firm, we’re getting ready as one of our colleagues prepares to argue the Supreme Court’s next takings case in a couple of weeks. Yes, this is what we’ve alternatively called the “home equity theft” or the “keep the change” case where government seizes property to satisfy the owner’s tax debt, and
Check this out, a new student-authored note from William and Mary third-year law student Alex Boone, “The Tide’s Coming In: A New Case for Beachfront Property Rights in South Carolina,” 47 Wm. & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol’y Rev. 383 (2023).
Here’s the Abstract:
Part I of this Note explores the scientific data
Come join us on Thursday, April 27, 2023, from 5-7pm, downtown Honolulu, to celebrate the retirement of Professor David L. Callies from the University of Hawaii Law School.
Join U.H. Law School Dean Camille Nelson, Professor Callies’ colleagues, his students (present and former), the Hawaii legal community, and family and friends as we honor
Hugo Grotius, that is. Also known as Hugo de Groot. Born this day, April 10, 1583, in Delft, Netherlands. Happy 440th, Hugo.
Yes, he’s a key figure in property rights as natural rights and international law, but most interestingly may have escaped an unjust confinement in the above-pictured box from Castle Loevestein.
There’s a lot going on in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s opinion in Tejas Motel, L.L.C. v. City of Mesquite, No. 22-10321 (Mar. 22, 2023), but that’s mostly because it’s a procedural decision resolving a question of whether a Texas court’s federal takings judgment was res judicata, and therefore
The Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture, presented by Dr. Wanjiru Njoya. As noted on the Mises Institute’s website:
Recorded at the 2023 Austrian Economics Research Conference hosted at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, March 16–18.
The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian School, bringing together leading scholars
Even if the world were open tomorrow, the doors to most Hawaii state, county, and city offices would still be locked. Because Friday, April 7 is the day that Hawaii celebrates Good Friday.
Yes, Good Friday is an an official state-sanctioned holiday in the 808 area code, so we’re reposting our annual recounting of
If you are in the Austin area (or anywhere in Texas for that matter), please consider joining us April 13 and 14, 2023 for the 22d Annual Texas Eminent Domain Conference.
Two days of great programming and talking shop, plus a chance to connect and re-connect with friends and colleagues. And, of course, all
You already know what the Court of Appeal held, don’t you?
Hurst v. Cal. Coastal Comm’n, No. D079549 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 20, 2023) (unpub.)
Check out the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s opinion in Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Williams, No. 21-1731 (Apr. 3, 2023), where the court reinstated a complaint dismissed by the district court for lack of standing.
The Eighth Circuit held that even though the “usual” remedy for a regulatory