Lacking things to read during your shut-down? Well, we have the solution: the Fordham Urban Law Journal has devoted an entire issue to Knick and takings ripeness (“Taking Account: Procedure, Substance, and Stare Decisis in the Post-Knick World“).
Our article “Sublimating Municipal Home Rule and Separation of Powers in Knick v.
Here’s the latest complaint challenging a governmental business shut-down order. In this case, it is an order by the Michigan governor. We’ve seen similar lawsuits recently (see here, here and here, for example). So far, these complaints have have not met with receptive audiences. This one was tossed aside quickly. This one
Here’s what we’re reading today. Some related to the lockdown, some not:
Unlike a sibling federal court in a similar case (see that court’s TRO order below), a Florida court has declined an emergency motion challenging government officials’ coronavirus-related shut-down and stay away orders.
This is the case we’ve been following in which property owners challenge the local government’s order that they stay off beaches. The difference
This morning, the Supreme Court of Virginia heard oral arguments (by telephone) in a case we’ve been following.
This is an inverse case that asks whether less than a total loss of access to a parcel could be taking — did the owner plead enough to put the issue to a jury — and
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following since it was filed just a couple of weeks ago.
This is the one where “Friends of Danny Devito” (no, not that Danny Devito) sued the Pennsylvania governor challenging shut down orders under a variety of theories. Including a takings claim, of course.
Today, along with our colleague Bill DeVinney, we filed this amicus brief in support of the property owners’ cert petition in a case we’ve been following for a while.
Yes, this is the case where the Village police pretty much destroyed a family home in the course of their efforts to dislodge a shoplifter who
To all who joined from Hawaii and across the nation, thank you for doing so. As I mentioned during the webinar, here is the video and links to the cases and other materials I spoke about:
Join us next Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at 12 noon Hawaii Time (3pm PDT, 6pm EDT) for a free webinar sponsored by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, “Safety vs. Freedom: Are There Limits to Lockdowns?” Register here.
Here’s the description of the program:
Governments at every level in Hawaii have
Here’s another complaint (here’s the first) challenging a state’s business shut-down order as a taking. This time it is Colorado, and the complaint seeks an injunction and compensation.
Here are the highlights:
