My thanks to Bart Freedman (K&L Gates) and Kinnon Williams (Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder) for asking me to speak on national takings and inverse condemnation issues at yesterday’s Eminent Domain conference in Seattle.
As you can see, the room was packed and standing room only. Here are the cases and issues I mentioned
Here’s the Reply Brief we’re filing today in Bay Point Properties, Inc. v. Mississippi Transportation Commission, No. 16-1077 (cert. petition filed Mar. 3, 2017), a case which seeks review of a decision by the Mississippi Supreme Court. We represent the petitioner.
The brief responds to the MTC’s Brief in Opposition, and rather
No, it’s not for that job position, recently vacated.
This is an opening at a slightly lower level, but perhaps of more interest to our readers. The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a “Trial Attorney (Inverse Condemnation) GS-14/15.” Here’s the job description:
The attorney selected will be expected to represent the
Apparently, property owners setting their buildings on fire to collect the insurance is a thing in Pennsylvania, the location of our story. We say this because the Pennsylvania legislature adopted a statute which requires that before an insurance company pays out proceeds from a fire policy to a “named insured,” it check with the local
Do you really need an excuse to visit Seattle? If you do, and want to earn some CLE credit while you’re at it, check it out the brochure for the upcoming Eminent Domain seminar on May 18, 2017. This is a one-day program that focuses on the hot topics in our area of law. We’ll
We don’t usually post trial court decisions. They are, obviously, subject to change by an appellate court, and because many are interlocutory, alteration by the rendering court iself.
But for this order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, we’ll make an exception. It’s a land use case (it’s right there
Remember back from Admin Law the notion of a “quasi-judicial” proceeding? That term always has bugged us, because, you know, it was used when an agency was sorta acting like a court (but also was sorta acting like a legislative body). Half full, half empty, take your pick.
The fact pattern presented in the Florida
Here’s the cert petition, recently filed, which asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision of the North Carolina appellate courts. We say “appellate courts,” because the decision being reviewed is one from the N.C. Court of Appeals, because the N.C. Supreme Court, after granting discretionary review, punted and dismissed the appeal after
Here are the full set of petitioner-side amici briefs in 616 Croft Ave., LLC v. City of West Hollywood, No. 16-1137, the case which asks the Supreme Court to determine whether the Nollan-Dolan-Koontz exactions standards apply to conditions on development imposed by a legislature.
Not a lot in Jabary v. McCollough, No. 15-40009 (Apr. 19, 2017) to grab onto, so we’re not really surprised that the Fifth Circuit didn’t publish. But because the case involves Williamson County takings ripeness and is in our wheelhouse, we’re posting it nonetheless.
The first two sentences, “City building inspector Bret McCullough shut