Say hello to the country music duo The Doohickeys. They have a great sound (both country and western). Check ’em out!
With such songs as “All Hat, No Cattle” (the title track of their latest album), “I Wish My Truck Was Bigger,” “This Town Sucks,” “
Texas: Liquid Oil And Gas Waste Belongs To Mineral Owner
A fascinating dirt … err water law (?) decision from the Texas Supreme Court.
We were all set to write up the recent decision in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC, No. 23-0676 (June 27, 2025), when the Texas Agriculture Law Blog beat us to the punch and published a great summary
More On That White-Tailed Deer Takings Case: Law Of Capture Subject To Public Trust
Here’s more on an issue we recently covered involving Texas’s “depopulation” of captive white-tailed deer in order to curb Chronic Wasting Disease. In the earlier opinion, the court held that the owner of a deer-breeding facility did not have a property interest in the deer, and thus could not assert a due process
Aloha To Another Semester Of U. Hawaii Land Use
There are some rewards for working late in the 808
Yesterday was the last day of instruction for the Spring 2024 semester at the University of Hawaii Law School. Did these last few months ever go by fast.
A big thank you to Professor Mark M. Murakami, with whom I guest-lectured at the Old
Pay To Play? Cal SCT Asked If Challenger Must First Pay A Fee To Object To Zero Water Allocation As A Taking
This one takes a bit of sifting through, but if you do so, you will eventually savor the arguments. Try and follow this thread.
In 2014, pistachio growers with what seemed to be established rights to pump groundwater for irrigation of their trees and who never had to pay fees or were subject to other
Here’s The Program For The 41st ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Feb 1-3, 2024, New Orleans
Here’s the brochure and the full agenda and registration information for the upcoming ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference at the JW Marriott in New Orleans, February 1-3, 2024.
This is the long-running nationally-focused conference on all things eminent domain, takings, valuation, and related. We have three tracks, from which you can
Tuesday Round-Up: Sackett, Tyler, Defending Zoning, Canada Property Rights … And More
Here’s what we’re reading this Tuesday:
- Tiffany Lashmet’s Ag Law in the Field podcast: “Episode #155: Jesse Richardson and Anthony Schutz (Sackett v. EPA)“
- Lawprof Ilya Somin, Brennan Center for Justice: “Supreme Court Strengthens Federal Protection for Property Rights“
- Also from Prof Somin, Volokh Conspiracy: “A Flawed Attempt
Denying Uses (But Allowing Discretionary Ad Hoc Exceptions) Isn’t A Recipe For Rational Land Use
If a zoning statute or ordinance sets out the uses permitted in a zone, and the uses not permitted in the zone, and a property owner wants to make a use not permitted in the zone, all she needs to do is apply for a variance, or a Conditional Use Permit, or a nonconforming use
Ice Ice Baby: A Report From The 40th ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Feb 1-4, 2023, Austin
We were eagerly anticipating 40th American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference. The 2022 Conference in Scottsdale was one of the first meetings where everyone was back in-person (and was a smashing success), but that conference was early in the game so not everyone could or would attend. But in the past
(Nearly) Last Call: There’s Still Time To Join Us For The 40th ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Feb 1-4, Austin
We really want you there…
One (nearly) last reminder that there’s still time to register for your space at the 40th ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, February 1-4, 2023, in Austin. In the past several years, we have sold out due to the conference room capacity and the conference hotel block.