Check this out. In Willowbrook Apts, LLC v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, No. 1:20-cv-01818 (July 6, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied the plaintiff/property owner’s motion for a temporary restraining order, in a case challenging the COVID orders that pretty dramatically alter the landlord/tenant relationship in Maryland:
Federal Court Denies TRO: Hawaii Gov’s Coronavirus Travel Quarantine Doesn’t Stop Anyone From Coming To Hawaii
As expected, a quick decision and opinion from the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, after yesterday’s hearing on the plaintiff’s request for extraordinary preliminary relief (a TRO and PI) in the case challenging the Hawaii Governor’s imposition of a 14-day self-quarantine on all travelers inbound to Hawaii (and other emergency orders, although
Zigging And Zagging: Federal Court Hearing On Challenge To Hawaii Gov’s COVID Orders Is Back On-Line
Last we checked in, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii has granted the Hawaii Attorney General’s request to hold an in-person hearing on the plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary relief in the case challenging Governor Ige’s COVID-19 related orders (including travel quarantine). Unfortunately, that meant that those of us not able or
July 22, 2020: “Emergency and Police Power: Property Claims in Times of Crisis” (ABA Webinar)
Please plan on joining us on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at 1pm ET (10am PT) for a long-form program on “Emergency and Police Power: Property Claims in Times of Crisis.”
Our speakers are Professors Craig Konnoth (Colorado) and John Nolon (Pace), and one of the lawyers on the forefront of the nationwide legal
SDNY: No Taking For NY’s Eviction Moratorium (It’s Temporary, And You Invited Them In Landlords)
As we noted here, property owners sued the New York governor asserting that one of his emergency measures to respond to the coronavirus crisis (a suspension of eviction proceedings) is a taking.
Yesterday, the District Court denied the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, and entered summary judgment in favor of the governor. Order Denying
What If Govt Is Obligated To Pay … But Doesn’t? Podcast: “Just Compensation: A Suggestion or a Requirement?”
Here’s the recording of last month’s Federalist Society’s Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group teleforum, “Just Compensation: A Suggestion or a Requirement?“
Can states unilaterally decide not to pay takings judgments? Some states think so. Louisiana and Florida have laws that say no takings
Cert Denied In Police Power Takings Case (Lech v. Greenwood Village)
The Supreme Court today declined to review a Tenth Circuit decision that held a municipality could not be liable for a taking when its police officers pretty much destroyed a house in the course of dislodging a suspect who had holed up there.
Along with our colleague Bill DeVinney, we filed an amicus brief in
Complaint: City’s Abandonment Of CHOP/CHAZ Neighborhood Is A Taking
Mark Your Calendars: Hearings Set For Two Challenges To Hawaii Gov’s Lockdown Orders
Note: please join us today, Tuesday, June, 23, 2020 (12 noon Hawaii Time) for a (free!) webinar. We’ll analyze the latest on “Lockdowns, testing and tracking: Are they all really legal?”
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There have been quite a few lawsuits filed nationwide challenging the various shut-down and “essential”/”nonessential” distinctions being made. So many
Judiciary History Center Program Recording: “Constitutional Law Lessons from Hawaii’s Judicial History for the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Here’s the recording of last week’s program we did for the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, “Constitutional Law and States of Emergency: Lessons from Hawaii’s Judicial History for the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
Links to the cases and other materials we referred to in the presentation are posted here.
Tomorrow, we’ll be joining