One of the hottest issues in Hawaii at the moment is agriculture. From the spreading county restrictions on GMO crops and pesticides, to water issues, to estate planning, the issues impacting farmers, ranchers, and owners of Ag land are growing.
On January 8 and 9, 2014, the Seminar Group is putting on what we hope
In a 2-1 decision (en banc next?) in a case we’ve been following with some interest in which a Marin County oyster farming operation in the National Seashore sued the Interior Department for its decision to not renew the farm’s permit, in this opinion, a Ninth Circuit panel held that courts have jurisdiction
Did you know that in 2002, the voters of Florida adopted a “pregnant pig” amendment to the state’s constitution? Well, neither did we. The amendment, effective in 2008, makes it unlawful for “any person to confine a pig during pregnancy in an enclosure, or to tether a pig during pregnancy, on a firm in
More about Horne v. USDA. More here, from Reason (who produced the video).
Here’s the Complaint in the case mentioned.
The Supreme Court has denied cert in Estate of Hage v. United States, No. 12-918 (cert. petition filed Jan. 17, 2013).
That’s the case in which the Federal Circuit held that a 22-year old takings case was not ripe because even though the agency denied Hage’s every application for a grazing permit, it
Mark your calendars for July 12, 2013 for our CLE teleconference on “Supreme Court Takings: A First Look at Koontz and Horne,” sponsored by the ABA’s State and Local Government Law Section. We’ll start at 1:00 pm ET (Noon CT, 11:00 am MT, 10:00 am PT, 7:00 am HT). Here’s the program
Having now had a chance to review in detail the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Horne v. U.S. Dep’t of Agriculture, No. 12-123 (June 10, 2013), we were struck by how at least one of the reactions to the decision painted it as a “narrow, specialized ruling” that’s more of a one-off, than
So we’re reviewing today’s Supreme Court opinion in Horne v. U S. Dep’t of Agriculture, No. 12-123 (June 10, 2013), and we come across the Court’s description of the raisin marketing program, the New Deal-era federal statute and related regulations that determine how and when raisins are marketed and sold.
The Court’s description of
Looks like the Supreme Court tackled the easier of the two remaining takings cases first. This morning, the Court issued a unanimous opinion, authored by Justice Thomas, reversing the Ninth Circuit and holding that federal courts have jurisdiction to hear a property owner’s defense in a case where the agency has imposed or seeks to
Here’s the Reply Brief, filed by the petitioner/property owner in Estate of Hage v. United States, No. 12-918 (cert. petition filed Jan. 17, 2013).
That’s the case in which the Federal Circuit held that a 22-year old takings case was not ripe because even though the agency denied Hage’s every application for a grazing