Koontz Sets The Stage
The apparent sticking point during the January oral arguments in n Koontz v. St Johns River Water Mgmt Dist., No. 11-1447 (cert. granted Oct. 5, 2012), came to light via Justice Scalia’s questioning of the property owner’s counsel about whether anything had been “taken” when a property owner refused to…
Here’s more about the Federal Circuit’s decision in Lost Tree Village, a case we covered here: US Army Corps Denies A § 404 Permit: Can A Takings Claim Be Based OnConsideration Of The Economic Affect On the Wetlands Parcel Only? from Abbott & Kindermann’s Land Use Blog.
Earlier, we posted the initial briefs in Big Oak Farms, Inc. v. United States, a case now pending in the Court of Federal Claims. Or, more correctly, perhaps being revived in the CFC because it was dismissed earlier.
The property owner in Big Oak Farms is seeking compensation for the flooding of its land…
Here’s one more amicus brief (Public Lands Council, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, Washington Cattlemen’s Association, and Nevada Cattlemen’s Association) supporting the cert petition in Estate of Hage v. United States, No. 12-918 (cert. petition filed Jan. 17, 2013).
Estate of Hage is the case in which the Federal Circuit held that…
Here are two amicus briefs supporting the cert petition 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…
Here are some thoughts about the Federal Circuit’s recent opinion in Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States, No. 2012-5033 (Feb. 27, 2013). It’s a long opinion, and we haven’t had a chance to digest it in detail, so these thoughts are not ours but are informative nonetheless. We offer this link to “…
This just in. The Federal Circuit has issued an opinion in Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States, No. 2012-5033 (Feb. 27, 2013), a case we’ve been following for a while.
The court affirmed the CFC’s dismissal of the case on ripeness grounds:
Casitas Municipal Water District (“Casitas”) operates the Ventura River Project (the…
Here the first briefs filed in which the parties attempt tofigure out what the Supreme Court meant inArkansas Game and Fish Comm’n v. United States, No. 11-597 (Dec. 4, 2012)
Once the Supreme Court rejected that per se rule of no liability, the Court of Federal Claims in Big Oak Farms, Inc. v.
Here are the links to the materials and briefs from the Supreme Court’s three taking cases which we are discussing at today’s teleconference sponsored by the ABA’s Section on Litigation’s Environmental Litigation Commitee and the Condemnation, Zoning, and Land Use Committee.
Post-telecon note: thanks to everyone for joining us. I will be posting up the…
Did we say free? (If you are an ABA member, that is.)
Join us for a teleconference jointly sponsored by the ABA’s Section on Litigation’s Environmental Litigation Commitee and the Condemnation, Zoning, and Land Use Committee to discuss the latest and greatest in takings law, specifically the three cases the U.S. Supreme Court is ruling…
