Inverse condemnation

Here’s a good one from the Ohio Court of Appeals to start off your 2016.

In State ex rel Greenacres Foundation v. City of Cincinnati, No. C-150038 (Dec. 30, 2015), the court agreed that the City’s failure to issue a demolition permit for the “Gamble House,” which the City claimed was a

Another short one that’s been in the hopper for a while, Sorrells v. City of Macomb, No. 3-13-0763 (Ill. App. Oct. 23, 2015), involving a claim for inverse condemnation that was a result of flooding.

The inundation of the plaintiffs’ property came from a street that was developed privately, but later dedicated to the

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Here’s our second day of highlights from the upcoming American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, which will be held in Austin, Texas, from January 28-30, 2016.  

This is the first time the conference has been to Austin, and we’re hoping for a good turnout. Here’s the full

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We’re exactly one month away from the 2016 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, which runs from January 28-30, 2016, in Austin, Texas. 

Together with our friends and colleagues Joe Waldo, Jack Sperber, and Andrew Brigham, we think we’re put together a pretty good program that covers a lot of

We always enjoy reading the briefs filed by the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence because they reference “first principles” and are usually heavy on the history. We like history. 

This amicus brief, filed by CCJ today in support of the cert petition in Arrigoni Ent., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 15-631 (cert. petition

Here’s one more amici brief supporting the the cert petition in Arrigoni Ent., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 15-631 (cert. petition filed Nov. 10, 2015). (Here is the first amicus brief filed today, and here’s the second.) 

This one — on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal

Here’s the second amicus curiae brief supporting the the cert petition in Arrigoni Ent., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 15-631 (cert. petition filed Nov. 10, 2015). (Here’s the first.) 

This brief was filed by the Institute for Justice, and authored by Supreme Court takings maven Michael Berger:

1. It is

Here’s the first in a series of amicus briefs we’re going to post which urge the Supreme Court to grant the cert petition in Arrigoni Ent., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 15-631 (cert. petition filed Nov. 10, 2015). 

This amicus brief was filed by the Cato Institute, and like the petition,

Here’s the first in a series of posts we’re going to put up, with the cert petition and the supporting amici briefs (ours included) in Arrigoni, Ent., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 150631 (petition filed Nov. 10, 2015).

In that case, the Second Circuit in a two-sentence ruling, summarily affirmed the District Court’s dismissal