Municipal & Local Govt law

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Here’s what we’re reading today as we enter a long weekend (who can tell?):

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Our shut-in time has got us to thinking.

We’re all environmentalists now. This is the precautionary principle writ large. In a way, this is only part of a greater problem.

Welcome to the Twitterverse. We now have access to a vast amount of data — very often on a granular level — and this moves…

The hits keep on coming. Here’s the latest complaint alleging that a coronavirus-related shut-down order is a taking (among other things).

This joins a long list (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here, for example) of complaints alleging takings. We’re guessing there’s …

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This fall, we’ll be back at the William and Mary Law School (hopefully in-person, depending on the circumstances and the yet-to-be-announced approach to be taken by the College of William and Mary), teaching two of our favorite subjects.

Not only will this be the third time leading Eminent Domain and Property Rights (Law 608), but…

A development in the “oyster takings” case that we’ve been following as it has worked its way up to the Virginia Supreme court: that court today issued this Order, in which it awarded an appeal by Nansemond River oystermen (and the City of Suffolk’s cross-appeal) who claim that their property was taken when the…

Even as some jurisdictions are easing the restrictions, here is the latest coronavirus-related complaint asserting a taking. This one was filed in an Illinois federal court, and joins an ever-growing list of similar claims (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here).

The complaint is …

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Join us starting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 for the 34th Land Use Institute. Originally scheduled for April in Tampa, we obviously couldn’t do tha, so we did the next best thing — moved this venerable course online. The Planning Chairs (Frank Schnidman and Dean Patricia Salkin) have assembled the usual hot topics session…

Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following. In Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco, No. 17-17504 (9th Cir. Mar. 17, 2020), a 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals held that a federal takings case was not ripe because the plaintiffs had not sought an exemption (“variance”) from the regulation.…

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Two more complaints that challenge state-ordered shut-down orders as takings. The first from Maryland, the second from across the country in Nevada. These join an ever-growing list of such lawsuits. See here, here, here, here and here, for example.

We set out what we think…