There’s still space for you to join us — preferably in-person, but remotely if that is not possible for you — at the 19th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, September 29-30, 2022, at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg.
The American Law Institute was kind enough to post a notice about the Conference
You’ll definitely want to check out the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s opinion in Makrilov v. City of Jersey City, No. 21-1786 (Aug. 16, 2022).
Not because it reaches any earth-shattering conclusions — the opinion unsurprisingly concluded that the city’s restricting (but not eliminating) short-term rentals (less than thirty days) was
Check out the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s opinion in Village Green of Sayville, LLC v. Town of Islip, No. 19-3353 (Aug. 5, 2022), a case in which the court held the Town reached a final decision denying Village Green’s request to develop a 64-unit apartment complex on Long Island.
Final
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following. The U.S. Court of Appeals recently heard oral arguments in a case where a private Natural Gas Act condemnor (the Sabal Trail pipeline) exercised the delegated federal power of eminent domain to take the property of a Florida owner.
As we reported here
Today’s a busy day, so we can’t lay out the details of the Texas Court of Appeals’ opinion in City of Dallas v. Trinity East Energy, LLC, No. 05-20-00550-DV (Aug. 1, 2022). But we want to post up the decision and urge you to read it because it is a rare bird: not only
Even though the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision in Snow v. Town of Calumet, No. 119,758 (June 21, 2022) is short, we think it is worth reading because is clarifies who can bring an inverse claim, and what exactly do these claims allege.
In 1978, the Snows’ predecessor-in-title granted the Town an easement to maintain
Is there a more appropriate place at which to study property rights and dirt law than William and Mary Law School? After all, it is a stone’s throw from Jamestown, the place where there’s a good argument the concept of property law and property rights first took hold in the New World. As
The International Right of Way Association‘s Real Estate Law Committee produces twice-a-year reports “which contain summaries of eminent domain decisions and legislation within the United States.”
And what is really nice is that they make the report available.
We’re posting it here because we’re one of the co-authors. Hat tip to our co-authors
Last week, along with my colleagues Deborah La Fetra and Kady Valois, we filed this cert petition in a case we’ve been following (even before we joined as counsel).
The petition seeks review of the Fifth Circuit’s opinion holding that there’s nothing a federal court can do if a local government does not pay
An officer and a gentleman.
Before I go on, a note: we’re posting this with a slight bit of reluctance, because we know that friend and colleague Mark M. Murakami does not crave the spotlight, but is the type to downplay this sort of thing. But I think it is important to acknowledge milestones —