We’re back in meme territory today, with the Georgia Supreme Court’s opinion in Abramyan v. Georgia, No. No. S17A0004 (May 15, 2017), a case about takings, taxi medallions, and (you guessed it), ridesharing and the “sharing economy.”
After the Georgia legislature adopted a statute that made it easier for ridesharing services to operate by
We all have had those moments, haven’t we?
Today’s linked story is more land-usey than eminent domain-ey, but still interesting for you condemnation lawyers on the line (besides, condemnation lawyers really do have to know land use law, don’t they?).
Honolulu can is a tough place to be, with our status as one of the
Here’s one that — although unpublished — is still worth a quick read. Because it’s a case where the Sixth Circuit held that a federal court takings claim against the City of Franklin, Tennessee, which is the seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, should be dismissed under Williamson County because it wasn’t ripe.
In Beech v.
Apparently, property owners setting their buildings on fire to collect the insurance is a thing in Pennsylvania, the location of our story. We say this because the Pennsylvania legislature adopted a statute which requires that before an insurance company pays out proceeds from a fire policy to a “named insured,” it check with the local
Do you really need an excuse to visit Seattle? If you do, and want to earn some CLE credit while you’re at it, check it out the brochure for the upcoming Eminent Domain seminar on May 18, 2017. This is a one-day program that focuses on the hot topics in our area of law. We’ll
We don’t usually post trial court decisions. They are, obviously, subject to change by an appellate court, and because many are interlocutory, alteration by the rendering court iself.
But for this order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, we’ll make an exception. It’s a land use case (it’s right there
Remember back from Admin Law the notion of a “quasi-judicial” proceeding? That term always has bugged us, because, you know, it was used when an agency was sorta acting like a court (but also was sorta acting like a legislative body). Half full, half empty, take your pick.
The fact pattern presented in the Florida
Here are the full set of petitioner-side amici briefs in 616 Croft Ave., LLC v. City of West Hollywood, No. 16-1137, the case which asks the Supreme Court to determine whether the Nollan-Dolan-Koontz exactions standards apply to conditions on development imposed by a legislature.
Not a lot in Jabary v. McCollough, No. 15-40009 (Apr. 19, 2017) to grab onto, so we’re not really surprised that the Fifth Circuit didn’t publish. But because the case involves Williamson County takings ripeness and is in our wheelhouse, we’re posting it nonetheless.
The first two sentences, “City building inspector Bret McCullough shut
Here’s the amicus brief filed yesterday by the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, joined by Owners’ Counsel of America, in a case we’ve been following.
This case asks the Court to resolve a big outstanding issue: are legislatively-imposed exactions (however that term is defined) subject to the same