Here’s the amici brief we’re filing in an important Public Use case we’ve been following.
In St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal District v. Violet Dock Port, Inc., No. 2017-C-0434 (Jan. 30, 2017), the Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the taking by the St. Bernard Port, Harbor, and Terminal District of a Mississippi River docking facility
The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to review a public use case we’ve been following with keen interest, Carousel Farms Metropolitan District, No. 18SC30 (July 2, 2018), one we noted was the “most interesting” such case of 2017.
The Court of Appeals held that the actual purpose of the taking was private, so
Some good (Dolan, Lucas), some bad (Kelo, Murr), some … not sure (Lingle).
But now, things get interesting.
Let’s just say that we’re not totally convinced this letter from Justice Kennedy announcing his retirement isn’t “fake news,” since it does not list the four factors he considered in deciding
Here’s a new cert petition, filed yesterday in a case we’ve been following out of Louisiana that asks the Supreme Court to revisit the Public Use Clause questions left open by Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005).
In Violet Dock Port, LLC v. St. Bernard Port, Harbor, & Terminal
It’s a go for next Monday, June, 11, 2018, and the exclusive Honolulu screening of “Little Pink House,” the feature film about the Kelo v. City of New London case.
There are still some seats left, so if you are even thinking of attending, buy your ticket here, right now.
We’ve seen
Recently, Pennsylvania property owners filed two cert petitions (download here and here) asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review this question:
Whether the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act (HLPSA)1 preempts the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) jurisdiction to issue Certificates of Public Convenience resulting in eminent domain power when the HLPSA states it
You have about a week to reserve your tickets for the exclusive Honolulu screening of “Little Pink House,” the feature film about the Kelo v. City of New London case, scheduled for June 11, 2018:
Two key dates:
Jeff Benedict, author of “Little Pink House,” the book about the Kelo v. New London eminent domain debacle (and now a movie) has made a video (at the still-vacant Fort Trumbull site), and written an op-ed, arguing that the land should be conveyed back to its former owners, including Ms. Kelo:
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals heard arguments about the Mountain Valley Pipeline (which will run from northern West Virginia to southern Virginia), a situation receiving a lot of attention, and which has generated a number of lawsuits (go here for a list of the cases and a summary).
The question in Berkley
Little Pink House, the feature film about the Kelo v. City of New London case is in general release, and is now scheduled for a special screening in Honolulu in June.
Mark two dates on your calendar: