Be sure to download and read this article, recently published in the Virginia Law Review by legal scholar Wanling Su with the deceptively simple title, “What is Just Compensation?“
The article delves into the history of ad quod damnum and concludes that “just” compensation means a jury must determine compensation. That’s an
You all know the movie trope of the good guy setting off an explosion and then coolly turning and (in slow-motion) walking away framed by the blast (so cleverly parodied above)? Well, here’s the judicial equivalent.
In UGI Sunbury LLC v. 1.75 Acres, No. 18-3126 (Feb. 11, 2020), the U.S. Court of Appeals concluded that
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Kacie Couch, Clint Schumacher
At the recent ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Nashville, our colleague Clint Schumacher set up his portable studio and recorded future episodes of his Eminent Domain Podcast. (Barista’s note: Clint was also one of the
Recall that recent Third Circuit decision which held that a private condemnor exercising federal eminent domain authority pursuant to the Natural Gas Act could not sue the State of New Jersey in federal court to take the state’s property for a pipeline? The court based its conclusion on the Eleventh Amendment immunity states enjoy.
That
As we briefly noted in this post, before we departed the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Nashville, we just had to stop by the subdivision that was at issue in the Williamson County litigation.
Frankly, there’s nothing especially special or noteworthy about this place, and only takings nerds will truly
You know how the process is supposed to work. A condemnor exercises its eminent domain power and files a lawsuit to take property for public use. If the owner believes the condemnor’s price is too low, the court adjudicates the just compensation that must be paid. As we know, the point of that lawsuit is
Please mark your calendars and join us next Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 12:30pm ET for the free (for members of the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Section) webinar, the monthly “Professors’ Corner.”
This one will be on the aftermath of Knick v. Township of Scott, 139 S. Ct. 2162 (2019), in which
As we briefly mentioned in the “National Eminent Domain Update” at the recent ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Nashville, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC v. 3.921 Acres, No.18-11836 (Jan. 22, 2020), recently held that it isn’t an abuse
In case you were not able to attend the recent program sponsored by Howard University Law School about the “heirs property” issue (Jan. 29, 2020), they recorded it and have now posted it on YouTube.
Here’s a description of the program:
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Netflix just released the first season (or should we say “series” since this is a UK-based production?) of “The Stranger,” a thriller based on Harlan Coben’s novel, about “the lives of suburban families whose secrets and lies are made public by the appearance of a stranger.”
Why we’re posting notice here that you