A short while ago, we featured the cert petition in a case from the Big Island that we’ve been following as various pieces of it went up and down through both the state and federal court systems. See “New (Mike Berger) Cert Petition: ‘This case is the proverbial ‘Exhibit A’ of much that is
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New Cert Petition: Does A Physical Invasion Taking Require 24/7 Occupation?
Here’s the cert petition that we’ve been waiting to drop in a case we’ve been following. Last we checked in, the Ninth Circuit (with concurral) had denied en banc review, over a dissental.
In Cedar Point Nursery v. Shiroma, 923 F.3d 524 (May 8, 2019), a 2-1 panel of the Ninth Circuit…
New Stinky Cert Petition: By Wiping Out Nuisance Claims, Right-To-Farm Act Is A Taking
Here’s a cert petition that we’ve been waiting to drop in a case we’ve been following. This one asks whether a state legislature’s virtual elimination of a cause of action is a taking.
The harsh reality is that farms and ranches can stink. But in Right to Farm Acts, many state legislatures, Indiana’s…
New (Mike Berger) Cert Petition: “This case is the proverbial ‘Exhibit A’ of much that is wrong [with takings law].”
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following for what seems like forever. This is also a fact situation that has resulted in litigation in a variety of different fora, and at times has seemed like the final exam question in a Federal Courts law school class. We wrote about this latest…
New Article: “A Defense of the Regulatory Takings Doctrine: A Historical Analysis of This Conflict Between Property Rights and Public Good and A Prediction for Its Future”
I must say that am pretty chuffed that one of my (now former) William and Mary Law students published a law review article, and he wrote about…takings. And Blackstone, and history.
Read it: Andrew Parslow, A Defense of the Regulatory Takings Doctrine: A Historical Analysis of This Conflict Between Property Rights and Public Good and …
We Join Clint Schumacher For The 50th Episode Of The Eminent Domain Podcast To Talk COVID Takings
We joined friend and colleague Clint Schumacher for the milestone 50th episode of his essential Eminent Domain Podcast.
If you are not already a subscriber and regular listener, you should be. Clint features interesting guests (present company excepted) and listening in is a good way to keep our community together, especially when many of…
SDNY: No Taking For NY’s Eviction Moratorium (It’s Temporary, And You Invited Them In Landlords)
As we noted here, property owners sued the New York governor asserting that one of his emergency measures to respond to the coronavirus crisis (a suspension of eviction proceedings) is a taking.
Yesterday, the District Court denied the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, and entered summary judgment in favor of the governor. Order Denying …
Cert Denied In Police Power Takings Case (Lech v. Greenwood Village)
The Supreme Court today declined to review a Tenth Circuit decision that held a municipality could not be liable for a taking when its police officers pretty much destroyed a house in the course of dislodging a suspect who had holed up there.
Along with our colleague Bill DeVinney, we filed an amicus brief in…
Complaint: City’s Abandonment Of CHOP/CHAZ Neighborhood Is A Taking
Federal Circuit: Arkansas Game Did Not Overrule Ladd (NITUs Are Categorical Takings)
Congratulations – if you understood this post’s headline, you are officially a rails-to-trails nerd. A super-nerd.
But even if not, you shouldn’t need a rails-to-trails nerd’s level of knowledge to understand and appreciate the Federal Circuit’s ruling in Caquelin v. United States, No. 19-1385 (May 29, 2020). It’s a case worth reading…




