Eminent Domain | Condemnation

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Here are the cases and other materials we spoke about on Friday at the 22d Annual Texas Eminent Domain Conference, in Austin. A big thank you to the Planning Chairs and to our friends at CLE International for the speaking invite.

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If you are in the Austin area (or anywhere in Texas for that matter), please consider joining us April 13 and 14, 2023 for the 22d Annual Texas Eminent Domain Conference.

Two days of great programming and talking shop, plus a chance to connect and re-connect with friends and colleagues. And, of course, all

As part of the nationwide reaction to Kelo v. New London, Indiana adopted a statute that in some cases requires the condemnor to compensate property owners at not just fair market value, but at 150% of FMV.

As far as we can tell, the Indiana Court of Appeals’ opinion in Guzzo v. Town

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The International Right of Way Association‘s Real Estate Law Committee produces twice-a-year reports “which contain summaries of eminent domain decisions and legislation within the United States.”

And what is really nice is that they make the report available.

Here’s the latest.

We’re posting it here because we’re one of the co-authors. Hat tip

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Here are the opinions that we spoke about this afternoon at the Land Use Institute on “The Use of Eminent Domain for Redevelopment & Economic Development Projects.”

40th ALI-CLE

We were eagerly anticipating 40th American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference. The 2022 Conference in Scottsdale was one of the first meetings where everyone was back in-person (and was a smashing success), but that conference was early in the game so not everyone could or would attend. But in the past

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Land users: come join us online for the 36th Annual Land Use Institute. Yes, the venerable program is back again, with the usual line up of dirt law experts covering all you need to know and bringing you up to speed on the latest. Here’s the description of the program:

This Annual Land Use Institute

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Join our Pacific Legal Foundation colleagues Jon Houghton, Daniel Woislaw, Kady Valois, and Sam Spiegelman (moderating) tomorrow, Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET for a free webinar, “Emerging Issues in Property Rights.”

Here’s the agenda:

Protecting private property rights has been at the heart of PLF’s

We really want you there…

One (nearly) last reminder that there’s still time to register for your space at the 40th ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, February 1-4, 2023, in Austin. In the past several years, we have sold out due to the conference room capacity and the conference hotel block.