You all know the movie trope of the good guy setting off an explosion and then coolly turning and (in slow-motion) walking away framed by the blast (so cleverly parodied above)? Well, here’s the judicial equivalent.
In UGI Sunbury LLC v. 1.75 Acres, No. 18-3126 (Feb. 11, 2020), the U.S. Court of Appeals concluded that
Please mark your calendars and join us next Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 12:30pm ET for the free (for members of the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Section) webinar, the monthly “Professors’ Corner.”
This one will be on the aftermath of Knick v. Township of Scott, 139 S. Ct. 2162 (2019), in which
As we briefly mentioned in the “National Eminent Domain Update” at the recent ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Nashville, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC v. 3.921 Acres, No.18-11836 (Jan. 22, 2020), recently held that it isn’t an abuse
The Virginia Supreme Court is set to consider a case that asks whether less than a total loss of access to a parcel is a taking, and is the government’s mere invocation of a “police power” rationale to cut off access is enough to insulate it from the payment of compensation.
When Hooked proposed to
Picture 1: how normal people see pie.
Picture 2: how you see pie if you’re coming to the
ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference.
If you get the above, you probably are already set to join us next week for the 37th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Nashville. (If not, shame on
Here’s the latest in a case (and issue) we’ve been following.
In Puntenney v. Iowa Utilities Board, 928 N.W.2d 829 (Iowa 2019), the Iowa Supreme Court answered a question that has been making its way around: what “public” does the “public use” requirement cover? For the Iowa Constitution, for example, does a taking have
You can also fly, drive, or bike to the upcoming 37th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference. in Nashville. Limited space still available, so don’t delay further and register now. We’re on track to record attendance, so you don’t want to miss the best nationally-focused three-day program on our area of
We’re seeing a lot of “end of year” and “end of decade” wrap-ups, so figured we’d better chime in.
As the above graphic hints (this is detail of the doors of the U.S. Supreme Court), our biggest case of 2019 (and probably of the twenty-aughts) is Knick v. Township of Scott
If you get this, you need to attend the 37th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, January 23-25, 2020, in Nashville.
And if you don’t get this, you need to attend more.
Here’s the cert petition, filed today (by the same folks who brought you Knick v. Township of Scott, 139 S. Ct. 393 (1922)), which poses this straightforward question:
Whether the “self-executing” Just Compensation Clause abrogates a State’s Eleventh Amendment immunity, allowing a property owner to sue the State for a taking of property.