In case you missed any part of it: the recordings of the recent 2020 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference are now available.
Go here for the descriptions of the panels, speakers, and links to the recorded sessions.
This year’s conference, held on October 1-2, opened with the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize being awarded to Professor
You know those times you go to the store and try to get a refund on something you’ve purchased, and instead of cash back, you get a gift card, only useable at the same store? Or when, instead of refunding your plane ticket, the airline gives you some limited-time credit for a future flight?
Although it is set to launch this Friday, October 2, 2020, there’s still more than enough time to register (and room at the inn) for you to join us for the 17th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at the William and Mary Law School.
Like everything else this season, the Conference is online (
News just in: we’ve just received confirmation that the Conference will not be in-person in Scottsdale in January 2021, and we’re going online.
Not a big surprise, but still a bit disappointing, and it’s a shame that the circumstances won’t allow us to meet in-person to talk shop and to renew our friendships like we
Reading through the Federal Circuit’s opinion in Christy, Inc. v. United States, No. 19-1738 (Aug. 24, 2020) (a case we’ve been following since its inception; see here for the complaint), doesn’t hold out a lot of hope for something new, because the Federal Circuit already ruled in Golden v. United States, 955
Here’s the latest in a case we posted about last year. There, the North Dakota Supreme Court noted an open issue, but declined to resolve it. Now, in Fargo v. Wieland, No. 20200100 (July 22, 2020), the court addressed it head-on.
Here’s how the noted the issue:
whether a landowner who appeals an
We don’t often post trial court orders, but this one, Chiquita Canyon, LLC v. Cnty of Los Angeles, No. BS 171262 (Cal. Super. July 2, 2020), from the California Superior Court, is worth reading for you land use and exactions mavens.
It’s a long order, so we won’t go into great detail, but the
Breaking! In H.C. Cornuelle, Inc. v. City and Cnty of Honolulu, No. 14068 (Haw. July 17, 1990), the Hawaii Supreme Court held that the City and County of Honolulu inversely condemned a strip of private property in downtown when it prohibited development and use of that land because the City intended to acquire it
Looking for some property and takings scholarly reading while you cool your heels at home? Well, the William and Mary Law Review has recently published no less than three worthy pieces, all available for download.