Due process

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 is generating a lot of analysis and commentary. When the case was filed and argued, we suspected it would generate keen interest, so in anticipation, the ABA’s State and Local Government Law Section assembled…

Here are some links to analysis of today’s U.S. Supreme Court opinions in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11:

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Professor Ben Barros has posted the first analysis and summary of today’s Supreme Court opinions in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11. See Supreme Court Rules in Stop the Beach.

The Supreme Court today ruled in the Stop the Beach judicial takings case.  In an opinion…

Things I never thought I would see in a Supreme Court opinion include the riddle “how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood,” but there it is, in black and white on page 11 of Justice Scalia’s opinion today in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t …

Today, by a 3-2 vote, the Hawaii Supreme Court declined to review the decision of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. State of Hawaii, 122 Haw. 34, 222 P.3d 441 (Haw. Ct. App. 2009), which held that “Act 73” (codifed here and here) was a taking. [Disclosure:…

Here are two opinions just received that look awfully interesting, but that we haven’t had a chance to read in detail:

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Missed our live blog of the the New York Court of appeals oral arguments in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp. the case in which the Appellate Division struck down an attempt to take property north of Columbia University in New York City because of the record reflected overwhelming…

Comes news that the State Land Use Commission has reclassified a large portion of state-owned land in east Oahu from “urban” to “conservation.” See Ka Iwi shoreline area reclassified as conservation land (via Hawaii News Now) and Ka Iwi coast gets added protection (via the Honolulu Advertis…Honolulu Star-Advertiser). The reports state the…

We’ve been busy filing an appellate brief and drafting another, so until now, haven’t had the chance to post up links about Tuesday’s New York Court of Appeals oral argument in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp.

We live blogged the arguments, following along on the court’s video webcast. The court usually…

Today, starting at 2:00 p.m. ET, the New York Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Kaur v. New York State Urban Development Corp. In that case, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (First Department) struck down the attempted taking of land north of Columbia University in New York City because of…