Due process

On Wednesday, December 2, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the biggest takings case of the year, Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). This is the case in which the Court is considering the theory of “judicial takings”

The Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro discusses Stop the Beachfront Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009), the case being argued in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.

We will post a preview of the arguments, but in the meantime, check out our resource page here (includes

Another very interesting conference call today, focusing on theupcoming arguments in the Stop the Beach Renourishment case, the New York Court of Appeals’ decision in Aspen Creek, and the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision to review Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon. Here arethe links to some of the cases and other topics discussed

Here’s the Reply Brief filed last month by the property owner in Leone v. County of Maui, No.29696,an appeal in the HawaiiIntermediate Court of Appeals which is considering, among other issues,the question of when a regulatory takings claim is ripe for reviewunder Williamson County Regional Planning Comm’n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City

According to this order dated November 19, 2009, the New Jersey Supreme Court has granted the property owners’ petition (available here), and will review the unpublished decision by the Appellate Division in Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, No. A-2963-07 (per curiam).

This is the decision the New Jersey Law Journal labeled “A

The judiciary web site has posted the recording of the November 10, 2009 Intermediate Court of Appeals oral arguments in Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. State of Hawaii, No. 28175 (HAWICA) here (caution, it is a massive 88 MB mp3 file).

The issue in the case is whether the state, or littoral landowners

The property owners have filed their Reply Brief in Stop the Beachfront Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009), the case about “judicial takings” and the rights of littoral owners to accretion.

Oral arguments in the Supreme Court are set for December 2, 2009.

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Here are some recently-released opinions; none so earth-shattering that they merit their own post, but definitely worth reading:

More about Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, the decision from New Jersey’s Appellate Division which held that the government can assert inverse condemnation in order to take property without compensation.

In Avalon stole land, appeal to New Jersey high court claims, the Atlantic City paper reports on the case:

A Moorestown couple is

In an order issued yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the SG’s motion for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument in Stop the Beachfront Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). The federal government’s amicus brief is available here