Check out the unusual facts in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals’ opinion in Scherich v. Wheeling Creed Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Comm’n, No. 19-1065 (Mar. 15, 2021).
This started back in 1990, when the Commission instituted a condemnation action to take two parcels belonging to the Scheriches for a dam, as
Read the allegations in the complaint that the Illinois Appellate Court recounted in Strauss v. City of Chicago, No. 1-19-1977 (Mar. 5, 2021), and they will make your hair curl in horror.
In short: a family rented the ground floor of its mixed residential-commercial building in Chicago to Double Door Liquors (a live music
The situation in Hamen v. Hamlin County, No. 28671 (Feb. 10, 2021), a recent opinion by the South Dakota Supreme Court seems pretty bad, but a road we’ve gone down before. Believing that a suspect was inside, the local SWAT team (along with the county Special Response Team — drone and two armored vehicles
Regulatory takings challenges are no doubt tough. Especially Penn Central regulatory takings challenges. Facial Penn Central regulatory takings claims, moreso.
The U.S. Court of Appeals’ opinion in Clayland Farm Ents, LLC v. Talbot County, No. 19-2102 (Feb. 9, 2021) – the latest in this case we’ve been following – proves the point. The court
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
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,
Are you a law student interested in takings, eminent domain, land use, environmental, and other dirt-lawyering related topics? If so, good news: thanks to the generosity of ALI-CLE, you can register gratis (free!) for the upcoming 38th Annual Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, to be held remotely on Thursday and Friday,
Check this out, the Complaint we filed a couple of weeks ago in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, in Grano v. Rappahannock Elec. Coop., No. 3:20-cv-00065-NKM (W.D. Va. Oct. 28, 2020).
It’s not a true “takings” case because the claims for relief are limited to due process and Contract
Join us next Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 3pm ET (12 noon Pacific) for the free webinar “Shutdowns, Closures, Moratoria, and Bans,” produced by Pacific Legal Foundation and Owners’ Counsel of America.
Along with my colleagues Leslie Fields (Executive Director, OCA), and Jim Burling (PLF), I’ll be talking about the legal foundations for