Earlier today, we asked the Federal Circuit for its permission to file this amici brief urging the court to rehear its recent panel decision in Romanoff Equities, Inc. v. United States, No. 15-5034 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 10, 2016).
This is a rails-to-trails takings case in which the panel concluded that the words in the
Here’s what’s going on today, the first day of the 33d annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference in Austin, Texas. We’re at standing room only, with a record number of attendees and our usual nationally renown faculty.
We started off the day with our usual “Eminent Domain Update” session with Amy
Austin, Texas, is where we’re at for the next few days, for the 2016 edition of the American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference, now in its 33d year. First time we’re in Austin, however, and our registration numbers are looking very good, and we haven’t had this big a turnout in years.
Here’s the amicus brief we filed today in support of the Petitioner/property owner in Resource Investments, Inc. v. United States, No. 16-802. That’s the case in which the property owner is claiming that the delay in issuing Clean Water Act permits was so extraordinary, it was a temporary taking. Ultimately, the Federal Circuit
After the usual preliminaries — certification of a 253-member class, subclass certifications, discovery, and motions and cross-motions for summary judgment — the parties in a rails-to-trails takings case in the Court of Federal Claims mediated the dispute and ended up agreeing to $110 million plus interest as just comp for the property taken, and slightly
One more in our year-end opinion rush, a short one from the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Eighth Circuit. Here’s what you need to know about Tubbs v. Surface Trans. Bd., No. 14-3898 (8th Cir. Dec. 28, 2015):
Finally, the Tubbses argue that the Board has prevented them from bringing a
Here’s our second day of highlights from the upcoming American Law Institute-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, which will be held in Austin, Texas, from January 28-30, 2016.
This is the first time the conference has been to Austin, and we’re hoping for a good turnout. Here’s the full
Here’s one from the Federal Circuit that doesn’t break new ground, but is founded on an arcane point of Florida law.
Rogers v. United States, No. 13-5098 (Dec. 28, 2015) is a rails-to-trails case, so the background is pretty standard: old railroad right-of-way, abandoned, followed by a NITU (Notice of Interim Trail Use), which
Here’s the full agenda for the 2016 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, January 28-30, 2016, in Austin, Texas.
Together with our friend and colleague Joe Waldo, we think we’re put together a pretty good program that covers a lot of ground. This is the first time the conference has been
A short one from the Federal Circuit, Rasmuson v. United States, No. 14-5089 (Oct. 5, 2015), that comes out of a rails-to-trails case, but has wider applicability.
The case involved the usual: plaintiffs owned lands over which the railroad had rights of way, and when the railroad ceased operating and the Surface Transportation Board