You have to like any sport that the New York Times describes as “like driving full speed through an endless loop of red lights. Luck often expires in a cloudburst of steam and scattered auto parts.” That’s how the Times described “figure 8 car racing.”
But not everyone likes figure 8 racing or
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following. In Bridge Aina Lea, LLC v. State of Hawaii Land Use Comm’n, the plaintiff filed its complaint in state circuit court alleging that the LUC violated state and federal law (due process, takings, vested rights, and more) when it reclassified “urban” land on the Big
If you understand the title of this post, congratulations: you are a regulatory takings wonk.
The property owners have filed a cert petition asking the Supreme Court to review the Tenth Circuit’s decision in Alto Eldorado Partnership v. County of Santa Fe, 634 F.3d 1170 (10th Cir. 2011). The Questions Presented explain the background
A new case worth watching has been filed in Hawaii state court (Third Circuit, the Big Island) that involves allegations of vested rights and estoppel, Nollan/Dolan exactions, state and federal due process and takings, inverse condemnation, and equal protection.The
See below, the Complaint in Bridge Aina Le’a v. State of Hawaii Land Use
Last week, after we concluded the spring meeting of the ABA’s Section on State and Local Government Law in Portland, Oregon (more about that in a subsequent post), we could not resist paying a brief visit to the neighboring City of Tigard.
Yes, that City of Tigard.
In the early 1990s, the city was
Comes the sad news that Jess S. Jackson, of the renown Kendall-Jackson wine label, has passed away in his Northern California home. Details here (K-J website), here (San Francisco Chronicle), and here (Santa Rosa Press Democrat). Jackson’s biography reveals a life lived very large: winemaker, business mogul, philanthropist, race horse owner.
Add to that list
Here’s another of the amicus briefs in Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, No. 10-1125. The brief of the National Association of Home Builders argues:
The Ninth Circuit in Guggenheim has rejected the widely held principle that regulatory takings claims run with the land for all subsequent title holders. As a result, the availability of
This just in: in Trinity Park, L.P. v. City of Sunnyvale, No. H035573 (Mar. 24, 2011), the California Court of Appeal (6th District) held that the City’s approval of the property owner’s residential development, conditioned upon the developer reserving 12 1/2% of the units for sale at below the market rate, was not a
In Alto Eldorado Partnership v. County of Santa Fe, No. 09-2214 (Mar. 16, 2011), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a regulatory takings challenge to an affordable housing exaction was not ripe under the second prong of the Williamson County test.The “final decision” prong was not at
Thursday-Saturday, February 17-19, 2011, come join us for the 28th annual presentation of the advanced-level ALI-ABA Course of Study, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, and the sixth annual presentation of the basic-level ALI-ABA Course of Study, Condemnation 101: Making the Complex Simple in Eminent Domain, both at the Hyatt Regency in Coral Gables