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In this post — the fifth and penultimate post in a series of deeper dives that we’re posting about June’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, No. 20-107 (June 23, 2021) — we’ll be trying to take some educated guesses about what the decision means for the future.

Here are

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Today’s case: a short per curiam opinion from the Federal Circuit, Straw v. United States, No. 21-1596 (July 14, 2021).

The court affirmed the Court of Federal Claims’ dismissal of a takings claim that alleged that the plaintiff’s property was taken when the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s Federal

Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following. It’s not exactly a “new” cert petition, but one which we missed when it was filed back in February.

This one comes up via the Court of Federal Claims and the Federal Circuit, with the latter vacating the CFC’s award of partial compensation

OK, we get that law is a serious business and that one should never make light of others’ situations. Each person’s claim is important to them, at the very least.

But after reading today’s Federal Circuit opinion (unpublished, nonprecedential) in Bench Creek Ranch, LLC v. United States, No. 20-2151 (May 7, 2021), we couldn’t

Go read the Federal Circuit’s opinion in Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. v. United States, No. 20-1446 (Apr. 1, 2021), especially the very-dense fact section. There’s a lot there: acronyms, bureaucracy-speak, family-insider politician dealings, tax fraud convictions, and the like. So what’s a case like this doing in the Court of Federal Claims and the

A landowner in Afghanistan sued the United States for taking land he allegedly owned for use as a combat base.

Prove you own this land, the Government responded. The first step to doing that is to attach to the complaint documents that make out a prima facie case of ownership. Otherwise, dismissal for failure to

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Yes, it starts tomorrow, Thursday, January 28, 2021, but we’re “remote” this year, so it is not too late to register to join us for the 38th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference. This is the “big one” where the nation’s best practitioners, scholars, jurists, and other industry professionals gather to talk

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If you “get” this, you should be registered for the 38th Annual Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, to be held remotely on Thursday and Friday, January 28-29, 2021.

The list is growing rapidly, and you need to join us!

This is the “big one” where the nation’s best practitioners, scholars, jurists,

Our thanks to Clint Schumacher for having us on his program to talk about the upcoming Conference. We’re “remote” this year, but that means a different approach to our presentations (and a very modest tuition!).

We’re having programs with intriguing subjects such as “Planning to Win: Practical Strategies for a Successful Inverse Condemnation Case,”