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Rather than sum up the issue and the Massachusetts Appeals Court’s** conclusion in Smyth v. Conservation Comm’n of Falmouth, No. 17-P-1189 (Feb. 19, 2019), here’s the first part of the opinion:

GREEN, C.J. A land owner brought this action in the Superior Court, claiming that local land use regulation effected a taking of her

The “Flint water crisis,” which, as the opinion of the Michigan Court of Appeals in Gulla v. State of Michigan, No. 340017 (Jan. 24, 2019), noted, is “the contamination of
plaintiffs’ water supply and their exposure to toxic and hazardous substances,” is all over the front pages. Which means it also spawned lawsuits.

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If you didn’t register to attend the 36th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference later this week in Palm Springs, California, well then, shame on you!

According to the National Weather Service, while you and the rest of the country is freezing, we’ll be enjoying the balmy desert climes, and discussing

There’s been a lot written after the Supreme Court heard (re)arguments earlier this week in Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647, most of it helpful in understanding what issues the Justices are considering, and how each of them might break on the ultimate question: should Williamson County be overruled, and should property owners

Don’t Miss the 2019 Eminent Domain Litigation Conference from American Law Institute CLE on Vimeo.

Check out this sound blurb, produced by the good media folks at ALI-CLE, about the upcoming Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference. (And no, we didn’t record this in a jazz club; although I wish we had.)

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We’re almost there, but we still have room remaining. At the 2018 Conference in Charleston, we both sold out the registrations and the conference hotel, so we planned ahead for the upcoming 2019 Conference in Palm Springs at the Renaissance Palm Springs Resort

Register here. You will also be able to download

Reading the fact section of the Federal Circuit’s recent opinion in Katzin v. United States, No. 16-2636 (Nov. 19, 2018), will make your eyes glaze over. It’s all about some property on an island near Puerto Rico, and is full of maps, diagrams, history, and even a photo of some “Keep Out” signs the

Get ready. In this and upcoming posts, we’re going to be featuring the items on our agenda for the upcoming ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference, January 24-26, 2019, in sunny Palm Springs, California. 

ALI-CLE has released the brochure, which those of you on the mailing list should have received —

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Last week, the 15th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference saw the gathering of legal scholars, judges, lawyers, and law students at the William and Mary Law School to award the B-K Property Rights Prize to Cardozo lawprof Stewart Sterk, followed by a day-long conference focusing on Professor Sterk’s work and the latest developments in property

Our colleague and co-planning chair Joe Waldo was in town yesterday, so we walked through historic Williamsburg, Virginia (cradle of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights), to invite you to join us for the 36th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference (January 24-26, 2019, in Palm Springs, California).

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