Honolulu attorney Jay Fidell (who also produces Think Tech Hawaii) writes a regular column in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. This week, he focuses on eminent domain in “Governor must insure wind farm moves forward,” where he writes about the proposed wind farm on Molokai, and urges the state to use eminent domain
There’s Still Time To Register And Attend The Fifth Hawaii Land Use Conference
This Thursday (January 13, 2011) I’ll be leading two sessions at the fifth Hawaii Land Use Law conference at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu. This conference takes place biannually, so this is your last chance until 2013 to get updated on the hottest topics, by a stellar faculty.
My sessions will cover Coastal Issues
Amazing: A Summary Of Columbia Expansion That Doesn’t Mention “Eminent Domain”
I’m an alum of Columbia University (LLM, 1995), so I’m on the list to receive the semi-regular emails sent out by the law school and the alumni association, informing me about a recent faculty hire, or containing the latest plea to enhance the endowment.
So today, I get this from University president Lee Bollinger, about
Columbia Spectator On The Columbia Eminent Domain Cert Petition
The Columbia Spectator, the student newspaper of Columbia University has a story about Tuck-It-Away, Inc. v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp., No. 10-402 (cert. petition filed Sep. 21, 2010), the case about the New York State Urban Development Corporation’s attempt to take property for a new Columbia campus, which is up
Columbia Eminent Domain Cert Petition Is a SCOTUSblog “Petition To Watch”
SCOTUSblog has listed in Tuck-It-Away, Inc. v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp., No. 10-402 (cert. petition filed Sep. 21, 2010) as a “Petition to Watch” (scroll down to the fourth case) for tomorrow’s conference. The results of the conference should be released on Monday morning.
SCOTUSblog has posted most the cert stage
A Very Good Summary Of The Columbia Eminent Domain Cert Petition Issues
On his indispensable blog Atlantic Yards Report, journalist Norman Oder has posted a comprehensive summary of the issues in the Columbia eminent domain case, which is scheduled to be considered at the Supreme Court’s conference this Friday, December 10, 2010.
In In effort to get Supreme Court to hear Columbia eminent domain case,
Final Cert Stage Brief In Columbia Eminent Domain Case
The property owner has filed its Reply to the Brief in Opposition in Tuck-It-Away, Inc. v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp., No. 10-402 (cert. petition filed Sep. 21, 2010). That’s the case in which upper Manhattan property owners have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision of the New York Court
Land Use And Takings Cases Discussed At The HSBA Real Property Session
The week before last, the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Real Property and Financial Services Section held a session on recent developments in land use law of interest to local dirt lawyers.
We were not able to attend (we were teaching a seminar on water law), but our Damon Key colleagues Mark Murakami, Greg
Hawaii Supreme Court: No Per Se Rule In Pretextual Takings
It’s pretty easy to blog about cases in which your side prevails, but not so easy when you don’t. This post is one of the latter instances. In County of Hawaii v. C & J Coupe Family Ltd. P’ship, No. 29887 (Nov. 10, 2010), a unanimous court in an opinon authored by Justice Acoba
One More Amicus Brief In Columbia Eminent Domain Case: Court Should Clarify “Pretextual Taking”
The Institute for Justice, the Cato Institute, and the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty have weighed in on Tuck-It-Away, Inc. v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp., No. 10-402 (cert. petition filed Sep. 21, 2010), the case in which upper Manhattan property owners have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision of