Here’s a year-end summary of “Notable Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation Cases from 2017 (and one from 2018)” from Wendel Rosen Black & Dean’s Money and Dirt blog.
Check it out.
ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Conference – In-Person Registration SOLD OUT (But You Can Still Join By Live Webcast)
Our upcoming American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Charleston, South Carolina has SOLD OUT our in-person registrations.
We will have a record attendance (with over 100 first-time attendees) and the conference hotel has informed us that we can fit no more people in the meeting rooms. We cannot remember this
Eminent Domain Abuse, Hawaiian Style
Stewart Yerton, a reporter at Honolulu Civil Beat but also a lawyer, has posted a report about an ongoing eminent domain case in which the State of Hawaii’s Attorney General is condemning a one-acre parcel on the south shore of Maui, property which the State had been leasing on a long-term 30-year lease. The
Protip For Condemnors: For Planned Projects, Play Hide The Ball: “Project maps showing required acquisitions should be referred to as ‘studies,'” And “[b]oth in reality and in appearance, advise staff not to leave a paper trail”
What to make of this? A blog aimed at condemning authorities, with advice on how to avoid a claim for precondemnation damages. Okay, nothing wrong with that. Condemnors deserve good legal counsel as much as other parties. Indeed, having inexperienced counsel for the condemnor often makes resolving cases harder than it should be
ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Conference – There’s Still Time To Join Us In Charleston
35th Annual Advanced Course
Eminent Domain and
Land Valuation Litigation
Live Program | Video Webcast | Video Webcast Segments
Thursday – Saturday, January 25 – 27, 2018
Francis Marion Hotel | Charleston, SC
Do not miss this popular conference! Intended for all eminent domain and land use practitioners, both experienced and those new to the
Private Condemnor Liable For Attorneys Fees When Condemnation For Access Road Fails
As we reported earlier (“Mississippi: Statute That Says No Private Takings For Access Within City Limits Means Just That“), as in many other states, in Mississippi, a private property owner may institute eminent domain proceedings to take a neighbor’s land when doing so is necessary for a landlocked parcel to gain ingress and
Brigham-Kanner Podcast: “The Future Of Land Regulations And A Tribute To David Callies”
Back in October, the William and Mary Law School awarded U. Hawaii lawprof David Callies the Brigham-Kanner Prize at a two-day conference in Williamsburg. Our summary of the conference is posted here.
We spoke at the conference, at the first panel entitled “The Future of Land Regulation and a Tribute to David Callies,”
Naboth’s Vineyard – Site Of The First Reported Case Of Eminent Domain Abuse – Discovered?
We’ve all heard the story of what may be the very first recorded eminent domain action — or at least the first case of eminent domain abuse — the Old Testament’s telling of the story of Naboth’s Vineyard.
You remember: Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard that had been in his family for a
Art Imitating Life: “Mrs. Kelo, I have great news!” – ALI-CLE’s Advance Screening Of “Little Pink House”
So begins a clip from the forthcoming feature film “Little Pink House,” the picture about the Kelo v. New London case. A phrase that many of us are familiar with, no doubt.
Those of you who are following along with the film remember that even before it was completed, we interviewed its producer
Taking Of Power Line Easement Is For Public Use Because Public Has Right To Use The Electricity
The South Dakota Supreme Court’s opinion in Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Parkshill Farms, LLC, No. 28174 (Dec. 13, 2017), resolved both a public use question, and one of compensation. In other words, something for every takings maven, no matter your interest. Read on!
This was a taking of permanent easements by publicly-regulated but privately-owned