Hawaii has recently become the second jurisdiction to create an Environmental Court, a topic which we’re written about earlier (“What You Need To Know About Hawaii’s New Environmental Court“). We’ve asked whether Hawaii also might need a Property Rights Court, too.
Well, it looks like the good people of Guahan (“Guam”
Here’s what we’re reading today:
Here’s the latest on a takings case that is winding its way through the U.S. District Court in Honolulu. Yes, you read that right: a takings case being litigated in federal court.
Intrigued? Read on.
We’ve covered this case and the related state court litigation several times here before, so this isn’t entirely unfamiliar ground. This
Are you a lawyer and need something to do for the next 6-12 months? Want to make a recommendation to the Department of Land and Natural Resources about whether it should issue a Conservation District Use Permit to the Thirty Meter Telescope project on the top of the Big Island’s Mauna Kea? Want your decision
We’ve posted a lot lately reporting on the 2016 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference, recently held in Austin. We have a couple of more posts for you before we turn to other things. Here is the first, a run-down of the blogs of faculty members, and others we were in the
The second day of the 2016 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference went as well as the first. Here are some highlights:
Here’s what’s going on today, the first day of the 33d annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference in Austin, Texas. We’re at standing room only, with a record number of attendees and our usual nationally renown faculty.
We started off the day with our usual “Eminent Domain Update” session with Amy
Austin, Texas, is where we’re at for the next few days, for the 2016 edition of the American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference, now in its 33d year. First time we’re in Austin, however, and our registration numbers are looking very good, and we haven’t had this big a turnout in years.
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear what might have been a major property rights case, California Building Industry Ass’n v. City of San Jose, No. 15-330 (cert. petition filed Oct. 16, 2015).
In that case, the California Supreme Court upheld the city’s “affordable housing” requirement against a challenge which asserted that
This morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear another important property rights case, California Building Industry Ass’n v. City of San Jose, No. 15-330 (cert. petition filed Oct. 16, 2015).
In that case, the California Supreme Court upheld the city’s “affordable housing” requirement against a challenge which asserted that it was an exaction and
