As we noted earlier this week, the Federal Quiet Title Act isn’t exactly on the public radar screens. Especially questions about whether the Act’s 12-year statute of limitations is “jurisdictional” or merely a claims processing rule.
Thus, you are not likely to see throngs of protesters on the Supreme Court steps today (Wednesday, Nov.
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following.
In this cert petition, business owners on the losing end of a Co-19 shutdown order assert that the Sixth Circuit got it wrong when it concluded that the “overriding public purpose” of the shutdown orders should be given what amounts to dispositive weight under
Here’s a short one you might have overlooked because it’s an unpublished memorandum opinion.
In Kagan v. City of Los Angeles, No. 21-55233 (Nov. 10, 2022), a Ninth Circuit panel summarily affirmed the dismissal of property owners’ challenge to a city ordinance prohibiting eviction of “protected status” tenants from a duplex in order to
The Federal Quiet Title Act isn’t exactly on the public radar screens. Especially questions about whether the Act’s 12-year statute of limitations is “jurisdictional” or merely a claims processing rule.
Thus, you are not likely to see throngs of protesters on the Supreme Court steps this Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. when the
One from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
In In re Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico, No. 22-1048 (Nov. 22, 2022), the court affirmed the district court’s 12(b)(6) dismissal of a takings claim because the government didn’t actually force the plaintiff credit unions into buying what the complaint
On this Thinks…uh Thanksgiving holiday, we’re grateful for all you property law and property rights mavens out there. Drive on, friends.
And no Thanksgiving gathering would be complete without the obligatory dramatic reading of John Stossel’s timeless holiday classic, “Private Property Rights Made the First Thanksgiving Possible.” We’re certain your relatives are
A quick one (2 page, per curiam) from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to send you into the holiday.
In Devillier v. Texas, No. 21-40750 (Nov. 12, 2022), the court summarily concluded that “the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment does not provide
Here it is, the official agenda and program for the 40th ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, February 2-4, 2023 (with a special event the evening of Wednesday, February 1, 2023 to entice you to arrive early).
Here’s the brochure with the complete agenda, schedule, and faculty listing. But to tempt you,
Well, that was quick. As we noted here, we recently argued a case in the Ninth Circuit (October 20, 2022) about whether a regulatory takings claim is ripe.
Not long after we posted the argument recording, the Ninth Circuit panel issued a short memorandum opinion rejecting our arguments wholesale (November 1, 2022).
So earlier
Check it out: our Pacific Legal Foundation colleagues Jim Burling, Jon Houghton, and Jeff McCoy, along with Jeremy Hopkins (Cranfill & Sumner, North Carolina), share with us the latest on property rights, Sackett, takings, the future of Penn Central, and the upcoming SCOTUS arguments in Wilkins v. United States (is
