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Why Is A Florida City Still Wasting Time Asserting Takings Claims Are Subject To Sovereign Immunity?
Please read the Florida District Court of Appeal’s opinion in City of Fort Lauderdale v. Hinton, No. 4D18-2089 (July 24, 2019), especially the part starting on page 9 (the opinion is only 12 pages), where the court frames one of the arguments made by the appellant, Fort Lauderdale:
“The City contends that the Hintons
In Federal Natural Gas Act Takings By Private Condemnors, Just Compensation Is Determined By State Law (Incorporated Into Federal Common Law)
There’s a bit of Inception-level dream-within-a-dream stuff in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s opinion in Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC v. Permanent Easement for 7.053 Acres, No. 17-3700 (July 23, 2019), because the court held in takings by a private condemnor exercising the delegated power of eminent domain under the
Upcoming Webinar – Knick Picking Regulatory Takings: Did the Court Right a Wrong, or Wrong a Right? (free for State and Local Govt Law Land Use Committee members)
The Land Use Committee of the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law is sponsoring a free (for Section members) informal webinar about the latest in takings law:
Knick Picking Regulatory Takings: Did the Court Right a Wrong, or Wrong a Right?
Friday, July 26 | 2 – 2:30pm ET
Here’s hoping you can
Latest Briefs In Cal Wildfires Inverse Condemnation Cert Petition
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Cases And Links From Today’s Eminent Domain And Pipelines Conference (Houston)
I am grateful that planning chairs Justin Hodge and Jeremy Baker invited me to their conference. A room full of experts. Here are the links to the cases and other items I spoke about:
- Knick v. Township of Scott: initial thoughts on what might be a dawning “golden age” of property cases
- Knick, Entirely
Where’s Palazzolo? Washington Appeals Court: Subsequent Purchaser Has No Taking Claim
Posted without significant comment, the Court of Appeals of Washington’s recent unpublished opinion in Darland v. Snoqualmie Pass Utility District, No. 36002-4-III (July 16, 2019):
Snoqualmie Pass Utility District argues that the subsequent purchaser rule bars the Darlands’ inverse condemnation claim. We agree.
In Hoover v. Pierce County, 79 Wn. App. 427, 433
New (Federal Court!) Complaint: NY’s New Rent Laws Are Takings
Looking for something to do this Tuesday? How about reading a 120-page federal court complaint challenging New York’s recently-adopted rent control/stabilization statute as a taking?
Thank you, Knick.
Friday Round-Up: California Inverse Condemnation, Lawprof Epstein Litigates Public Trust, Property In Ecology, And More
Here’s what we’re reading this Friday:
- Plaintiffs Cannot Bring Inverse Condemnation Claims Before a Public Agency Makes a Final Determination on Allowable Development – California Land Use & Development Law Report
- One reason for the high cost of housing in California may surprise you — overregulation – Los Angeles Times (Barista’s note: is anyone surprised
Knick Already Taking Effect, Even Where It Isn’t Necessary
No sooner was the ink dry on the Supreme Court’s opinion in Knick v. Township of Scott, than the Court’s decision started to have some effect.
First, the Court granted another pending cert case on takings ripeness and sent back down to the Ninth Circuit for more in light of Knick.
And now this