In this post — the third in a series of deeper dives that we’ll be posting about last week’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, No. 20-107 (June 23, 2021) — we’ll be discussing whether the “right to exclude” is absolute, what exceptions the Court laid out, and how it
SCOTUS: Eminent Domain Is Eminent Over Everything, Even A State’s 11th Amendment Immunity
Another takings opinion from the Supreme Court, this time in a (putatively) eminent domain case we’ve been following.
In PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC v. New Jersey, No. 19-1039 (June 20, 2021), the majority (Roberts, CJ, joined by an unusual, cross-aisle lineup of Justices Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh) concluded that a private pipeline
We Pay A Return Visit To The Eminent Domain Podcast To Talk Takings
In which we pay a return visit to Clint Schumacher’s Eminent Domain Podcast to catch up with Clint about our new gig, Cedar Point (briefly, since the opinion came down the day we recorded the podcast), just compensation and attorneys’ fees, assessing severance damages in appraisals supporting jurisdictional offers, public use
Another SCOTUS Property Rights Win, This Time On Williamson County’s “Final Decision” Requirement
Another day, another property rights decision from SCOTUS. This time, the unanimous per curiam opinion in a case we’ve been following, Pakdel v. City & County of San Francisco, No. 20-1212 (June 28, 2021).
[Disclosure: our PLF colleague Jeff McCoy is lead counsel on this case, and we pitched in with help on
Cedar Point Part II: Common Sense (Keep Out) And Common Law (The Right To Exclude)
In this post — the second in a series of deeper dives that we’re posting about last week’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, No. 20-107 (June 23, 2021) — we’ll be covering more on the “right to exclude,” how the Court treated our old frenemy Pruneyard, and how
11th Circuit Affirms Penn Central Jury Verdict For Rezoning Resulting In 86% Loss Of Value
More good takings news, hot off the press.
Before Cedar Point came down last week, we were all set to let you know about the Eleventh Circuit’s opinion in South Grande View Dev. Co., Inc. v City of Alabaster, No. 18-14044 (June 21, 2021), in which the court affirmed a jury verdict that
Cedar Point Part I: SCOTUS’s Strawberry Letter 23 To Property Rights
In this post — the first in a series of deeper dives that we’ll be posting about over the next few days about yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, No. 20-107 (June 23, 2021) — we’ll be covering the background of the case, and the heart of the majority
Well, You Really Can Say “Keep Out” In California (Cedar Point – A Per Se Taking)
We haven’t had time to read it in detail yet, but here’s the slip opinion in a case we have been following for a long time, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, No. 20-107 (June 23, 2021).
Writing for a six-Justice majority (no one went wobbly!), Chief Justice Roberts concluded that California’s labor regulations, which
Texas: Makin’ Copies Of A Photograph Is Copyright Infringement, Not A Taking
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following.
In Jim Olive Photography v. Univ. of Houston, No. 19-0605 (June 18, 2021), the Texas Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals, concluding that a public university’s unauthorized use of a photograph on its website was merely copyright infringement, and not a taking.
CA4: No Taking When Aerial Pesticide Spray Killed Bees … But Not Why You Think
The facts that compelled the U.S. Court of Appeal to conclude as it did in Yawn v. Dorchester County, No. 20-1584 (June 11, 2011) are pretty straightforward.
In response to a threatened public health viral crisis (no, not COVID, but Zika [remember that one?]), the county decided to spray insecticide. Some areas