One of the benefits of doing your own blog is that every now and then you are allowed to engage in a little shameless self-promotion (what’s this “every now and then?”).
Well, here goes.
The ABA has announced the forthcoming publication of a new book by the State and Local Government Law Section: At the
The Federalist Societyhas posted a podcast of my Pacific Legal Foundation colleague Jim Burling discussing Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009):
If that doesn’t work for you, go here to download the mp3.
The Stop the Beach Renourishment case, which has been
I just received my copy of the latest edition of Professor Steven J. Eagle‘s definitive treatise Regulatory Takings (Lexis/Nexis, 4th ed. Dec. 2009).
Like the earlier editions, this is a must-have for every land use and property law attorney’s back bookshelf.
Chapters include “Property Rights and Their Sources,” “The Ascendancyof Land Use Regulation,” “Analytical
The developer in the two condemnation cases arising out of the County of Hawaii’s attemptsto take a Kona family’s property has filed its Answering Brief in the latest phase of County of Hawaii v. C&J Coupe Family Ltd. P’ship.
We posted the County’s Answering Brief here.
We represent the property owner in these
Recently, the owners of vacation cabins located on leased land in a state park on the island of Kauai filed a cert petition which asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review an unpublished decision of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals which held that the State did not run afoul of the Takings Clause when
The most recent edition of State & Local Law News has an article summarizing the arguments in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009).
That case, which has been argued and is currently awaiting disposition by the Supreme Court, asks whether a state
The New York Times’ “Square Feet” column today posted “Lessons on Limits of Eminent Domain at Columbia,” about the recent decision in Kaur v. New York State Urban Dev. Corp.,2009 NY Slip Op 08976 (Dec. 3, 2009). In that case, the New York SupremeCourt, Appellate Division (First Department) struckdown the attempted
Both parties have asked the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals to take another look at its opinion in Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. State of Hawaii, No. 28175 (Dec. 30, 2009).
In that case, the court held (1) the Hawaii Legislature took existing littoral accretion when it assigned ownership of the accretion from
Many years ago I got a parking ticket, my first. Here’s the story: when I left the car, it was a legal space, no meter. In the few hours I was away, the city public works department erected a “no parking” sign and painted the curb red. The police were equally efficient, and by the
The biggest Hawaii-related case of the year that was not just a local story was the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the “ceded lands” case, Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 129 S. Ct. 1463 (Mar. 31, 2009). [Disclosure: we filed a brief in the case in support of the State, available here]