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You’ll want to check out the U.S. Court of Appeals’ opinion in Gerlach v. Rokita, No. 23-1792 (Mar. 6, 2024), even though it mostly retraces grounds already tread by other courts.

The takings claim was based on the actions of Indiana government officials who didn’t give the interest earned on unclaimed funds to the

Be sure to check out this interview (“Rent Control Is a ‘New York Tragedy’“) on Hamodia, with law Professor Richard Epstein.

As you might expect, the interview is full of insights and bon mots. There’s even a reference to the judicial takings case, Stop the Beach Renourishment. And a lot of things

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Have thoughts about where regulatory takings are (or should be) headed? Here’s your chance to get in on the conversation, and to shape the future of the law. Our outfit, the Pacific Legal Foundation, in cooperation with the Antonin Scalia Law School’s Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy, are calling for papers on “Imagining the

In Rhone v. City of Texas City, No. 22-40551 (Feb. 14, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a municipality’s conclusion that Rhone’s apartment building had not been properly maintained, and a subsequent municipal court demolition order, might be a taking … or it might not be.

We won’t

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Save the date (and time): next Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, as we rejoin our friends and colleagues Patrick McAllister and Beth Smith, as they co-host the Eminent Domain and Right of Way Club.

We’ll be joining them to try and answer that question, “What is Inverse Condemnation?” As Patrick

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When it comes to the longstanding ALI-CLE American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conferences, we’re always ready to go. You know that. But this year’s version — the 41st — was buzzing like no other in recent memory.

Maybe it was the New Orleans venue with its atmo, food, and music for

The DC Court of Appeals’ (note: not the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit) opinion in Gordon v. District of Columbia, No. 20-CV-0568 (Feb. 15, 2024), presents a good cross-section of property rights issues. Not a good outcome on property rights issues, mind you.

If nothing else, be sure to check out

2024 Gifford Lecture Carol N. Brown Professor of Law flyer

Join us and our Land Use class, in-person on the campus of the University of Hawaii Law School (or online via Zoom, where it will be livestreamed), as Richmond Law lawprof Carol Brown delivers the 2024 Distinguished Gifford Lecture in Real Property, on March 24, 2024, at 4:40 p.m. Hawaii Time in the Cades

Yesterday, the other shoe dropped. In this order the U.S. Supreme Court denied review to a case that we’ve long been following, which challenged aspects of New York’s draconian rent control laws as a taking, 74 Pinehurst v. New York.

We say the “other shoe” because ever since the Court denied review months