Here are the links and references to the cases we spoke about today at our opening session on the national trends in eminent domain law at the 2017 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in San Diego.
We again have a record attendance, and a good number of new attendees. If you aren’t
To supplement your written materials for the 2017 Hawaii Land Use Conference, here are the decisions and other materials which we spoke about this morning at the 2017 Hawaii Land Use Conference:
“Little Pink House,” the movie based on Jeff Benedict’s 2009 book, Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage, about the backstory to Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), will soon be in theaters.
We know about the legal issues the case presented, but
A question for those of you who do a lot of straight condemnation work: do you drive roads and highways with a slightly different outlook than the rest of the motoring public, especially on those roads where you represented a property owner defending against eminent domain? While others see signs and intersections and the like
Complete information, including registration, faculty, and agenda, here.
Here’s one we’ve been waiting for.
In this post (“Sorry Not Sorry? Connecticut Supreme Court Has A Chance To Make Amends For Kelo“), we previewed the arguments and briefs in a case in which the court was considering whether the Transportation Commissioner’s power under Connecticut law to take “land, buildings, equipment or facilities”
There’s been a few decisions recently about entry to private property in anticipation of condemnation, the most prominent being a ruling from the California Supreme Court that entries which exceed relatively minor inconveniences are takings; the court “reformed” the entry statute to import some of the protections of the eminent domain process, but otherwise gave
A piece from noted eminent domain scholar Professor Ilya Somin, “Beware misguided ‘mainstream’ legal thought – ‘Kelo v. City of New London’ in perspective” at the Washington Post.
The thrust of his piece (and a forthcoming law review article) is that Kelo isn’t some nutty decision, but was the product of “mainstream legal
Several years ago, William & Mary Law School’s Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference departed its usual Williamsburg, Virginia venue and held the event in Beijing. Holding the conference there allowed U.S. legal scholars and property law practitioners to share ideas and compare our ways with our PRC counterparts. The event was a great success.
Now
The complete agenda, faculty list, and other information (including registration and early and group discounts) for the 2017 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference is now up and ready.
The conference will be held January 26-28, 2017, at the Westin San Diego. Please consider joining us for the premier national conference on