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
(Video) There’s Still Room At The Upcoming ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, San Diego, Jan. 26-28, 2017
Complete information, including registration, faculty, and agenda, here.
Whaddaya Know, There Are Some Limits To Eminent Domain In Connecticut
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”
West Virginia: No Entry For Pipeline Survey Because It’s A Private Taking
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
Somin: Kelo Not An “Extreme” Decision, But Result Of Mainstream Legal Thought
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
In Peace And In War: 2016 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference At The World Court
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
ALI-CLE 2017 Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Agenda, Faculty List, And Registration Now Live
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
Sorry Not Sorry? Connecticut Supreme Court Has A Chance To Make Amends For Kelo
Recall that in the wake of the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. New London, at least one of the Connecticut Supreme Court justices whose previous ruling was upheld, expressed his regrets. Others have made similar remarks.
Well, here may be a chance for the Connecticut Supreme Court
New Law Review Article: “Time to Make Lemonade from the Lemons of the Kelo Case”
We all know that the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Kelo is lousy. See “Kelo at 10: Still Stinks, And A Decade Has Not Lessened The Odor.”
Or at least most of us know that. But other than crying in our beer, or trying to get the case overruled (efforts continue!)
Details: ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Conference – San Diego, January 26-28, 2017
We’ve teased some of the details on the 2017 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation and Condemnation 101 Conference, to be held at the Westin San Diego, January 26-28, 2017, but here are the details you’ve been waiting for.
This is the “big one,” our annual 3-day festival of all things eminent domain