Mark your calendars for this Friday, June 16, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time for a free talk we’ll be giving, “Regulatory Takings: Emerging Issues.”
Yes, it’s free, but there’s a catch: this talk is sponsored by the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law’s Land Use Committee, and you have to
My thanks to Bart Freedman (K&L Gates) and Kinnon Williams (Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder) for asking me to speak on national takings and inverse condemnation issues at yesterday’s Eminent Domain conference in Seattle.
As you can see, the room was packed and standing room only. Here are the cases and issues I mentioned
Here’s the latest in the “audacious” takings case brought by AIG against the federal government for the 2008 fed takeover. The heart of the complaint is that the acquisition of AIG was an unconstitutional exaction. The Court of Federal Claims rendered a verdict that was hailed as a groundbreaking victory, but which ultimately
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
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’s the cert petition, recently filed, which asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision of the North Carolina appellate courts. We say “appellate courts,” because the decision being reviewed is one from the N.C. Court of Appeals, because the N.C. Supreme Court, after granting discretionary review, punted and dismissed the appeal after
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.
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
Here’s the recording of the March 20, 2017 oral arguments in Murr v. Wisconsin, the e “larger parcel” or “denominator” case.
The printed transcript is posted here, and our summary of the arguments is posted here. Our preview of the arguments, which includes link to the briefs, is here.
Here’s what we’re reading this Friday: