A few months ago, we commented on the proposed “environmental court,” a bill working its way through the Hawaii legislature. We called it a bad idea, and hoped the Lawgivers would see the light and let this idea fade away.
It looks like we were unjustifiably optimistic, and both houses have now passed the bill…
Yesterday, we posted one of those only-in-Hawaii kind of cases. Today, by coincidence, is one of those only-in-the-south type of cases:
The Christmases’ wild-alligator-nuisance claim is a case of first impression in Mississippi.
In Christmas v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 2011-CT-01311-SCT (May 15, 2014), the Mississippi Supreme Court held that a …
Here’s one from the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals that illustrates the interesting only-in-Hawaii twists that can happen in our property law.
In Malulani Group, Ltd. v. Kaupo Ranch, Ltd., No. 30509 (May 5, 2014), the issue was whether the owner of a landlocked parcel could assert an easement implied by necessity over …
Mark your calendars for next week Thursday, May 22, 2014. ALI-CLE, the good folks who put on our annual Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation and Eminent Domain 101 conferences, are sponsoring the above-titled teleconference/webinar. Here’s the program description:
The City of Richmond, California rattled the universe of real estate lenders, trustees, owners, bankers…
Update: PLF’s Dave Breemer on the decision “In a New Victory, Court Blasts Rules Barring Court Access for Property Owners,” while Gideon Kanner adds his thoughts in “Be Still, My Heart! Second Circuit Rules for a Property Owner In a Stinging Inverse Condemnation Opinion.”
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Check this out, just received: In…
Here’s an article worth reading, co-authored by our colleague Edward Thomas (no relation, although we often kid that Ed is our brother-in-the-law), President of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association, and a fellow who is concerned both with anticipating natural hazards such as sea level rise, hurricanes, and the like, as well as property rights. …
The case that seemingly wouldn’t end — Coy Koontz, Jr.’s continuation of his late father’s case against the St. Johns River Water Management District over the WMD’s demand that they “pay to play” — has ended with its eighth appellate decision (including the now-famous visit to the U.S. Supreme Court), with another win for…
You know the old saw, attributed to a variety of sources including Samuel Clemens, that “whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting over,” but here’s a decision from a U.S. District Court, that shows that whiskey is also for fighting over. Not quite whiskey, but a fungus that is claimed to be…
Here’s what we’re reading today:
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The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued its opinion in Beroth Oil Co. v. North Carolina Dep’t of Transportation, No. 390PA11-2 (Apr. 11, 2014). That’s the case which we’ve been following about the class-action worthiness of of a case in which the N.C. DOT effectively blighted a huge swath of land by identifying it as…
