April 2024

Check out the North Carolina Court of Appeals opinion in North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass’n v. Cooper, No. COA22-725 (Apr. 16, 2024).

We’re not going to go into great detail, mostly because this one tracks the most common judicial approach to takings challenges to business shut-down orders during the Co-19 period. The court

This is one we’ve been meaning to post for a while, but something else always seemed to intervene.

In BMG Monroe I, LLC v. Village of Monroe, No. 22-1047 (Feb. 16, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a statutory and constitutional challenge to the Village’s .

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There are some rewards for working late in the 808

Yesterday was the last day of instruction for the Spring 2024 semester at the University of Hawaii Law School. Did these last few months ever go by fast. 

A big thank you to Professor Mark M. Murakami, with whom I guest-lectured at the Old

Screenshot 2024-04-24 at 10-12-17 VICTORY Breaking Down the Supreme Court Ruling on Permit Fees

Be sure to join our Pacific Legal Foundation colleagues Brian Hodges and Larry Salzman, and Paul Beard (arguing counsel) and Chance Weldon (Texas Public Policy Foundation) tomorrow, Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 4pm ET for a free webinar on Sheetz v. El Dorado County, the Supreme Court’s recent decision holding that all permit conditions

As we noted here (“SCOTUS Denies Review To Remaining Rent Control Takings Petitions: “Important and pressing question” (Just Not In This Case)“), a small silver lining in the Court declining review was the statement of Justice Thomas accompanying the denial, where he noted the issue is an “important question,” and set out a

Our friends Kristen and Dave at the Infrastructure Junkies Podcast are doing what we hoped they would: they’ve convinced Clint Schumacher to appear as a guest and reflect on his Eminent Domain Podcast, which has produced its final episode:

The popular Eminent Domain Podcast signed off after a successful six year run. The

Gorsuch concurring

Note: this is the second of our posts on the recent Supreme Court opinions in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, the case in which the unanimous Court held that exactions imposed by legislation are not exempt from the essential nexus (Nollan) and rough proportionality (Dolan) standards. Here’s our first post

Devillier

Note: this is the second of our posts on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Devillier v. Texas. The first — which tries to put the weird post-opinion controversy over which party “won” at the Supreme Court into its proper perspective — is here.

In this post we’ll cover the case’s

The winner takes it all
The loser’s standing small
Beside the victory
That’s her destiny

Note: this is the first of a short series of posts on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Devillier v. Texas.

In Part II, we’ll cover the case, the procedural path that Texas dragged everyone through,