A big thanks to my Owners Counsel of America and ABA State and Local Government Law Section colleague Dwight Merriam for emceeing today’s well-attended double session on land use and takings law at the International Municipal Lawyers Association’s 2013 annual meeting in San Francisco. Dwight and I were joined by land use expert Cecily
On Monday, September 30, 2013, we’ll be speaking along with Dwight Merriam and Cecily Barclay at the International Municipal Lawyers Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco, about three important cases/issues: Koontz, Harvey Cedars, and Lost Tree.
That’s a pretty wide range of cases, but we have some time and we’re sure
This past term, the U.S. Supreme Court in Arkansas Game and Fish Comm’n v. United States, 133 S.Ct. 511 (2012), held that government-induced flooding could result in takings liability, even if the flooding was merely temporary. The Court remanded the case to the Federal Circuit to determine whether the flooding resulted in liability.
The
Here’s the cert petition filed earlier this week, asking the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in MHC Financing Ltd. P’ship v. City of San Rafael,714 P.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2013).
That’s the case in which the Ninth Circuit overturned the District Court’s ruling (after two trials) that MHC had proven a
If you are anywhere within striking distance of Touro Law School (Central Islip, Long Island), you should make plans to attend a conference that promises two days of fantastic programming on October 3 and 4, 2013.
“The Taking Issue – 40th Anniversary Symposium” is dedicated to the memory of the legendary Professor Fred
Word comes that the California Supreme Court has denied review of the Court of Appeal decision in Lockaway Storage v. County of Alameda, No. A30874 (1st Dist. May 9, 2013). The court also rejected a request to “depublish” the First District’s opinion. Congratulations are again in order for colleague Tim Kassouni, who represents
Please join us this upcoming Monday, August 19, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time for a telebriefing, “Regulatory Takings Claims in California – Implications of Recent Decisions and Advice for Practitioners and Government Agencies.”
Brad Kuhn (Nossaman, California Eminent Domain Report) is the program Chair and will serve as moderator
Here’s the latest from William W. Wade, Ph.D., a resource economist with the firm Energy and Water Economics (Franklin, Tennessee). Bill is a frequent author and speaker on the regulatory takings issue, and he’s brought much needed clarification to an often confusing issue about how to apply the Penn Central test. He has authored
Did you know that in 2002, the voters of Florida adopted a “pregnant pig” amendment to the state’s constitution? Well, neither did we. The amendment, effective in 2008, makes it unlawful for “any person to confine a pig during pregnancy in an enclosure, or to tether a pig during pregnancy, on a firm in
Here’s the amicus brief filed today by Pacific Legal Foundation in Mehaffy v. United States, No. 12-1416 (cert. petition filed June 5, 2013).
That’s the case in which the Supreme Court is being asked to review to review the Federal Circuit’s unpublished opinion in which the court affirmed the Court of Federal Claims’ grant