We’ve been there before, but even so, this video is worth your time. It tells the story of Seneca Village, located within the borders of what now is Central Park.
There are eminent domain and property rights stories everywhere you look.
Property Nerd Book Club: This Spring’s Directed Reading – “The Property Species: Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind” (Come, Join In!)
Each spring, we do a smaller course at the William and Mary Law School (known as a “Directed Reading”) that focuses on some interesting property issue. The class reads a book and uses it as a springboard for discussion.
No exam, no paper, just an exploration of the issues as a way about thinking about
After Telling Owner To Beat It, Condemnor Acts Surprised That It Did. Cal Ct App: “Moving” From Property Does Not Mean “Completely Physically Dispossessed”
Go on, read the facts in the California Court of Appeal’s (unpublished) opinion in San Joaquin Regional Transit District v. Superior Court, No. C084755 (Dec. 1, 2020). It’s worth your time, believe us.
After chasing from California a long-standing manufacturing and service business (to Illinois) by instituting condemnation proceedings on the property on which
Reply In Penn Central And Lucas Takings Case
Here’s the Reply in Support of what we think is a very worthy cert petition, and which responds to the recently-filed BIO.
For the background of the case, check out this post (“What Constitutes a Loss“). The property owner has also summarized the situation thusly in its petition:
The State of
BIO In Penn Central And Lucas Takings Case
Here’s the State of Hawaii’s Brief in Opposition in a case we’ve been following for what seems like forever.
Check it out. The State waived response, but after a whole bunch of amici filed briefs in support of a cert grant (ours included), at least one of the Justices wanted to
It’s Conference Day For Case Asking How “Permanent” A Loretto Permanent Physical Invasion Taking Must Be
Today, Friday, November 13, 2020, is the day that the Supreme Court is scheduled to decide whether to decide a case we’ve been following for a long time (and one in which we filed an amicus brief urging the Court to take up the case).
In Cedar Point Nursery v. Shiroma, 923
Recording Now Available In Virginia Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Takings, Property, And Public Trust Case
We listened live last week, but the court has now made the recording available in Johnson v. City of Suffolk.
This is what we call the “oyster takings” case in which Nansemond River oystermen claim that their property was taken when the City of Suffolk and the Sanitation District dumped sewage into the
Join Us: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 (3pm ET, 12n PT) For Free (!) Webinar: “Shutdowns, Closures, Moratoria, and Bans”
Join us next Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 3pm ET (12 noon Pacific) for the free webinar “Shutdowns, Closures, Moratoria, and Bans,” produced by Pacific Legal Foundation and Owners’ Counsel of America.
Along with my colleagues Leslie Fields (Executive Director, OCA), and Jim Burling (PLF), I’ll be talking about the legal foundations for
Watch: Lawprof David Callies On His New Book, “Regulatory Takings After Knick”
To get your copy of the book, go here.
Virginia Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Takings, Property, And Public Trust Case
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following even before its inception (last semester, our William and Mary class visited the site and witnessed the oyster operation affected – see video above), Johnson v. City of Suffolk.
This morning, the Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, and we livestreamed it