Last week, author Howard Mansfield joined us at the William and Mary Law School for two sessions about his recently-published book, “The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down – Our Belief in Property and the Cost of That Belief.” His book is about property, property rights, and what he has discovered about
Environmental law
33rd Annual Land Use Institute: Baltimore April 11-12, 2019
Come join us at the 33rd Annual Land Use Institute, in Baltimore, Maryland, April 11-12, 2019.
As the brochure notes:
This Annual Land Use Institute program is designed for attorneys, professional planners, and government officials involved in land use planning, zoning, permitting, property development, conservation and environmental protection, and related litigation. It not only…
Dwight Merriam Interviewed On Border Wall Legal Issues
Our colleague Dwight Merriam was recently interviewed on the radio about issues surrounding the existing and proposed wall and fence along portions of the southern border.
If you want to get educated on this issue, here’s the quick way to do it.
Dwight discusses funding, emergency powers, the Declaration of Taking Act, and other topics.
Upcoming 3/13/2019 Book Talk: Turning the World Upside Down: Property Rights, Pipelines, and Emergencies – A Conversation With Howard Mansfield
If you are in the Williamsburg, Virginia area next week Wednesday, March 13, 2019, please hold the lunch hour (12:50-1:50pm, Room L127) on your calendar to come join us for a session with Howard Mansfield, author of the recently-published book “The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down – Our Belief in Property and …
Mass App: Regulatory Takings Claims Don’t Get A Jury Trial
Rather than sum up the issue and the Massachusetts Appeals Court’s** conclusion in Smyth v. Conservation Comm’n of Falmouth, No. 17-P-1189 (Feb. 19, 2019), here’s the first part of the opinion:
GREEN, C.J. A land owner brought this action in the Superior Court, claiming that local land use regulation effected a taking of her…
Fourth Circuit Panel Sticks With Sage: Natural Gas Act Condemnor Given Immediate Possession Even Though No Grant Of Quick Take Power In The Statute
We suppose we should not be too surprised by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s panel opinion in Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC v. 6-56 Acres, No. 18-1159 (Feb. 5, 2019), which concluded, like the Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits did recently, that a private condemnor may obtain immediate possession…
ALI-CLE Palm Springs (72º, Sunny) Here We Come
If you didn’t register to attend the 36th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference later this week in Palm Springs, California, well then, shame on you!
According to the National Weather Service, while you and the rest of the country is freezing, we’ll be enjoying the balmy desert climes, and discussing…
Hot (Eminent Domain) Topics, Cool Jazz
Don’t Miss the 2019 Eminent Domain Litigation Conference from American Law Institute CLE on Vimeo.
Check out this sound blurb, produced by the good media folks at ALI-CLE, about the upcoming Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference. (And no, we didn’t record this in a jazz club; although I wish we had.)
There’s…
Space Remaining Is Limited – Register Now For ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference (Palm Springs, Jan. 24-26, 2019)
We’re almost there, but we still have room remaining. At the 2018 Conference in Charleston, we both sold out the registrations and the conference hotel, so we planned ahead for the upcoming 2019 Conference in Palm Springs at the Renaissance Palm Springs Resort.
Register here. You will also be able to download…
CA11 Adds To Circuit Split: Private Pipeline Condemnor Can Get Immediate Possession, Even Though Natural Gas Act Doesn’t Delegate Quick Take Power
Here’s the Eleventh Circuit’s opinion in a case that adds to a circuit split (CA7 vs others) about whether a private condemnor, exercising the delegated federal power of eminent domain for a pipeline corridor under the Natural Gas Act, can obtain pre-judgment possession of the property, even though the NGA does not delegate the power…






