The Supreme Court of Montana’s opinion in Tai Tam, LLC v. Missoula County, No. DA21-0660 (Nov. 15, 2022) starts off like a somewhat typical land use dispute turned into a constitutional fight. The property owner sought subdivision approvals for a 28-acre parcel to allow residential development, and the County denied the applications because “the
Hawaii 5-80: Land Use Law At The University Of Hawaii
Starting in January, we’ll be teaching the venerated, and oh-so-important Land Use course (Law 580) at the University of Hawaii’s Law School.
We’re at least temporarily stepping into some mighty big slippers (this is Hawaii, so we don’t always wear shoes), as this is the course that our mentor Professor David Callies taught for
Ninth Circuit: Property Owners Don’t Have A Fundamental Right To Use And Occupy Their Own Property
Here’s a short one you might have overlooked because it’s an unpublished memorandum opinion.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
Here’s The Program For The 40th ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Feb 1-4, 2023, Austin
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,
Let’s Take A Deeper Look At Takings Ripeness, Ninth Circuit
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
More On Federal Court Invalidating Honolulu’s 3-Month Minimum Rental Term
Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court invalidated Honolulu’s stretching of the minimum term for a residential rental from 30 days to three months, concluding that the ordinance likely violates the state Zoning Enabling Act, and also would be a taking if implemented. The court issued a preliminary injunction.
The lawyers repping the plaintiffs in
CA9 Takings Ripeness Oral Arguments: Must Property Owners Secure Govt’s Agreement That Property Is Subject To Challenged Regulations Before A Court Can Review?
October 20, 2022 was what one advocate noted was “land use day at the Ninth Circuit,” because three out of the four cases being argued in Courtroom 3 of the San Francisco courthouse were indeed land use — or perhaps more accurately, regulatory takings — cases.
Ours was one of those cases, Ralston v. San
Shades Of Mahon From North Dakota: Fracking Statute “constitutes a per se taking”
Been meaning to post this one for a while.
The plaintiff in Northwest Landowners Ass’n v. North Dakota, No. 20210148 (Aug. 4, 2022), challenged North Dakota’s adoption of a statute about “pore space,” which is “a cavity or void, whether natural or artificially created, in a subsurface sedimentary stratum.” Whoa.
The problematic
CA6: Home Equity Is Property Even If State Law Says Otherwise: Govt Can’t Foreclose To Satisfy A Tax Debt, Then Keep The Change
We won’t be providing our detailed thoughts on last week’s U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s opinion in Hall v. Meisner, No. 21-1700 (Oct. 13, 2022), because we’re obviously biased: our law firm colleagues Christina Martin and Kady Valois represent the prevailing property owners, so we naturally agree with the court. Thus
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference 2022 Report: It’s Chief Justice Roberts’ Property World, We Just Live In It
We spoke on the second panel of the day at the 2022 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at the William and Mary Law School. The subject of our panel — which included Professors David Callies, Tim Mulvaney, and Dave Owen — was “Reshaping the Framework Protecting Property Under the Roberts Court.“
Here’s a rough