- Heads up for an upcoming teleconference of interest – Supreme Court Rules on Eminent Domain for Private Development. It will be held on July 16, 2008 starting at noon EDT, and featuressome of the A-listers in our area of law. More information andregistration information here.
- “First fence condemnation case reaches federal appeals court“reports the Dallas-Ft. Worth ABC affiliate, about one of the caseschallenging the federal government’s attempt to take property for afence along the US-Mexico border:
Attorneys forHilaria and Baldomero Muniz and another landowner have asked a panel ofjudges at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to voida federal judge’s order that they open their land to surveyors for theborder fence.
They argue that the district judge erred when he allowedgovernment officials to attempt to negotiate property access aftersuing. They say the law requires the government to try to strike a dealbefore — not after — filing a lawsuit.
The issues in a similar case were discussed here.
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Extends Williamson County Ripeness Requirements to First Amendment Land Use Claims – the title says it all. Read about the decision on Professor Salkin’s Law of the Land Blog here.