Check out these two amici briefs, just filed in a case we’ve been following, about what a property owner who is awarded just compensation in a state court eminent domain lawsuit is supposed to do if the local government that is ordered to pay the just compensation judgment … doesn’t.
The property owner sued
Be sure to download and read this article, recently published in the Virginia Law Review by legal scholar Wanling Su with the deceptively simple title, “What is Just Compensation?“
The article delves into the history of ad quod damnum and concludes that “just” compensation means a jury must determine compensation. That’s an
L to R: Benming Zhang, Andrew Parslow, Kelsey Abell,
Kacie Couch, Clint Schumacher
At the recent ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Nashville, our colleague Clint Schumacher set up his portable studio and recorded future episodes of his Eminent Domain Podcast. (Barista’s note: Clint was also one of the
As we briefly noted in this post, before we departed the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Nashville, we just had to stop by the subdivision that was at issue in the Williamson County litigation.
Frankly, there’s nothing especially special or noteworthy about this place, and only takings nerds will truly
Please mark your calendars and join us next Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 12:30pm ET for the free (for members of the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Section) webinar, the monthly “Professors’ Corner.”
This one will be on the aftermath of Knick v. Township of Scott, 139 S. Ct. 2162 (2019), in which
In case you were not able to attend the recent program sponsored by Howard University Law School about the “heirs property” issue (Jan. 29, 2020), they recorded it and have now posted it on YouTube.
Here’s a description of the program:
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We’re in Nashville for the next three days, where we have record attendance (see above for the name-tag matrix), with nearly 300 attendees spread out over three rooms.
The Big Room, before.
The Big Room, during. Like we said, record attendance.
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we have very good social events. Like
The Virginia Supreme Court is set to consider a case that asks whether less than a total loss of access to a parcel is a taking, and is the government’s mere invocation of a “police power” rationale to cut off access is enough to insulate it from the payment of compensation.
When Hooked proposed to
Picture 1: how normal people see pie.
Picture 2: how you see pie if you’re coming to the
ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference.
If you get the above, you probably are already set to join us next week for the 37th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in Nashville. (If not, shame on