Another week, another Federal Circuit panel opinion on takings authored by Judge Timothy Dyk (following the recent MR-GO opinion). And you know what that means: property owners lose.
The Court of Federal Claims concluded that the feds had taken the plaintiff’s lease of of a part of Dallas’ Love Field — under both a
The conference is being held at the Arizona Biltmore.
Proof that we are actually in the room (and not on the golf course).
Here are the cases which I mentioned at today’s conference. What a great turn out (130+ lawyers, appraisers, right-of-way professionals, and others).
Many thanks to colleagues Chris Kramer and Jennifer Cranston for
Surge pricing applies!
You really have to feel for taxi operators who invested what could be huge amounts of money to obtain a taxi medallion getting whacked by the competition from ridesharing outfits like Lyft and Uber. These services look and feel an awful lot like taxis, don’t they? As we wrote in a recent
Here’s one we’ve been waiting to drop, but when it did, we were tied up so couldn’t get to it quickly.
Yes, it’s a patent case. But as we explained here, a case that property mavens should be following because it deals with what is “property,” and where an owner goes to resolve
Here’s what we’re reading today:
Thanks to colleague Chris Kramer, we’ll be speaking later this week (Friday, May 4, 2018) in Phoenix at the 22nd Condemnation Summit at the Arizona Biltmore.
Our session will cover “Condemnation Trends: Nationwide & Arizona.” The rest of the day’s agenda looks mighty good too, with session on valuation of easements, paying for
The Minnesota Attorney General settled a civil claim with tobacco companies that the companies had violated state consumer protection laws. Later, several Minnesota consumers brought a claim in state court alleging the State’s failure to pay these plaintiffs a portion of the proceeds from the earlier settlement was an inverse condemnation of their property, raising
Tired of that dry, stuffy legal text on eminent domain law?
If so, you are in luck because author Tessa Berkley has the solution, her latest novel, “Eminent Domain” ($1.99 on Amazonfair market value). Here’s the synopsis:
When two brothers are sent to the opposite coasts, each man must decide between the
Here’s the not unexpected decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case we’ve been following (sort of). It should never have gotten this far, even as the “plaintiffs” raise the specter of a cert petition.
We say again: the federal courts seem to have time for this brand
Some of the Land Use Institute faculty, including (front row left), Planning Chair Frank Schnidman and Planning Co-Chair Patty Salkin
Last Friday at the 32nd Annual Land Use Institute in Detroit, I was honored to moderate a freewheeling discussion by a panel of takings experts, Professor Steven Eagle, Minnesota lawyer Howard Roston, and Michigan’s